Schweingruber Tree Ring Chronology from Balschaya Kamenka River, Russia

NOAA's Paleoclimatology archive provides a tree-ring chronology from the Balschaya Kamenka River site in Russia. The data covers a period from 381 to -40 calendar years before present. This dataset was archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1990.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate the chronology against other proxy records using its calendar year BP time index.
• Analyze long-term ecological trends in the Russian region from the tree-ring growth parameters.
• Study the frequency of extreme climatic events recorded in the tree-ring series for the 421-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a 421-year period from 381 to -40 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1990.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single river site in Russia.
• Sample size and specific parameters like ring width measurements are unknown from the description.

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

381 to -40 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Balschaya Kamenka River, Russia, Eastern Europe.