Mount Rainier Tree-Ring Chronology from 231 to -42 BP

A tree-ring chronology from the Mount Rainier region in Washington, USA, covering 274 years from 231 to -42 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was last updated in the NOAA system in 1992.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width series as a climate proxy.
• Calibrate the tree-ring chronology against other paleoclimate records from the region to validate climate models.
• Analyze growth patterns in Tsuga mertensiana (TSME) trees to study ecological responses to historical environmental stressors.

Strengths

• Covers a 274-year time period (231 to -42 BP) providing a multi-century climate record.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset's last known update was in 1992, indicating potential staleness and lack of recent curation.
• Specific sample size, replication statistics, and measurement details are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Tree-ring data (dendrochronology) collected from Tsuga mertensiana (Mountain Hemlock) trees.

Time Range

231 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Mount Rainier region, Washington, United States of America.