174-year tree ring chronology from Cuenca Las Majadas, Spain, provides paleoclimate data for Southern Europe. The dataset, archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, is a Tree Ring study type. It was last updated in the repository in 1983.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past precipitation or temperature anomalies using the annual-resolution tree ring width series.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the proxy data from the 'PISY' species (likely Pinus sylvestris) with instrumental records.
- Analyze long-term ecological growth patterns and responses to climate forcing in a Southern European forest site.
Strengths
- Covers a 174-year period from 141 to -33 calendar years before present.
- Geographically specific to a single site (Cuenca Las Majadas) in Spain, enabling localized climate analysis.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is relatively short for paleoclimate studies at 174 years.
- Data is stale, with no updates recorded since its 1983 repository entry.
- Limited metadata is provided; specific measured parameters and sample depth are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis, likely measuring ring widths from the species PISY (Pinus sylvestris).
- Time Range
- 141 to -33 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Cuenca Las Majadas, Spain, Southern Europe.