Tree Ring Chronology from New York Terminal Warehouse Building

438 to 59 calendar years before present (BP) of tree ring parameters, providing a paleoclimate record. The data is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) as part of the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. It was last updated in the repository on 1891-01-01.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies from annual tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models using the 379-year chronology of tree-ring parameters.
• Analyze growth patterns in the Terminal Warehouse Building timber to date historical structures.
• Study long-term environmental changes in New York by correlating ring data with other paleoclimate proxies.

Strengths

• Covers a 379-year time series from 438 to 59 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Sample size and replication depth are unknown, limiting statistical confidence.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (New York, USA).
• Data is temporally stale for modern climate studies, ending 59 years before 1950.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

438 to 59 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

New York, United States Of America.