Tree Ring Chronology for Baikal Region from 60 to -28 BP

88-year tree ring chronology from 60 to -28 calendar years before present, providing parameters for climate reconstruction. The dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and originates from a study near Baikalsee, Irkutsk, Russia. Data was last updated in the NOAA system in 1978.

Use Cases

• Calibrating climate models using tree-ring width parameters as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Analyzing growth anomaly patterns within the 88-year chronology to identify extreme historical climate events.
• Cross-dating this PISY (Pinus sylvestris) chronology with other regional series to validate climate reconstructions.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 88-year time period from 60 to -28 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to less than a century, restricting analysis of long-term trends.
• Data is geographically focused on a single site in Russia, limiting regional generalizability.
• The dataset's last recorded update was in 1978, indicating potential staleness in metadata or curation.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

60 to -28 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Baikalsee, Irkutsk, Russia, Eastern Europe.