174 to -40 calendar years before present of tree ring parameters from a site in the United Kingdom. This paleoclimatology dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service. The associated study type is Tree Ring and was last updated in the NOAA system in 1990.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation levels using the tree-ring width chronology.
- Calibrating climate models by comparing the tree-ring proxy data with instrumental records for the region.
- Analyzing long-term environmental changes by examining trends in the annual tree-ring parameters over the 214-year period.
- Studying the response of tree growth to climatic events recorded in the ring sequences for the United Kingdom location.
Strengths
- Covers a 214-year time period from 174 to -40 calendar years BP.
- Archived and maintained by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends 40 years before present (BP), limiting analysis of the most recent climate period.
- Data specific to a single geographic location (United Kingdom, British Isles), reducing generalizability.
- Metadata from 1990 indicates the dataset is temporally stale and may not reflect current data standards.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 174 to -40 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- United Kingdom, British Isles.