392 calendar years of tree ring data from the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada, for paleoclimate reconstruction. The dataset is part of the NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archive, categorized as a Tree Ring study. It was archived by NOAA in 2003.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing tree ring width series.
- Calibrate climate models using a high-resolution proxy record from 339 to -53 BP.
- Study ecological responses to climate change in the Mackenzie Delta region using the growth chronology.
- Compare this Arctic tree ring series with other paleoclimate proxies for hemispheric climate signal analysis.
Strengths
- Covers a 392-year time period (339 to -53 BP) for climate analysis.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends at -53 BP (approximately 2003 years ago), lacking recent centuries.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site in the Mackenzie Delta, Canada.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring data collection and analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 339 to -53 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Mike Smith's Site, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada.