Tree ring width measurements from the British Isles, United Kingdom, used for paleoclimate reconstruction. The chronology covers 225 calendar years, from 196 to -29 years before present. Data is archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was last updated in 1979.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width time-series.
- Calibrate the tree ring chronology against other regional paleoclimate proxies for the specified 225-year period.
- Analyze growth patterns in the 'QUPE' (likely Quercus petraea) species for ecological studies in the United Kingdom.
Strengths
- Covers a specific 225-year time period (196 to -29 BP) for climate analysis.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is limited to 225 years, which is short for some long-term climate trend analyses.
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1979, potentially lacking modern re-calibration.
- Geographic scope is restricted to a single location in the British Isles.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis, likely core sampling and measurement.
- Time Range
- 196 to -29 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- 1979-01-01
- Geography
- United Kingdom, British Isles.