Tree ring data from Spain covering 287 years from 252 to -35 calendar years before present (BP). The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. It was last updated in the NOAA system in 1985.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width chronology.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring proxy data with known historical climate periods.
- Analyze growth patterns in the tree ring series to identify extreme environmental events like droughts.
Strengths
- Covers a continuous 287-year time period for climate analysis.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Provides a proxy climate record for a specific geographic location in Southern Europe.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends at -35 BP, providing no data for the most recent two millennia.
- Sample size, tree species, and replication depth are unknown from the provided metadata.
- Data was last updated in the catalog in 1985, indicating potential staleness in metadata or availability.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 252 to -35 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Spain, Southern Europe.