Swiss Bannwald North Tree Ring Width Chronology 162 to -30 BP

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring width chronology from the Bannwald North site in Switzerland, Western Europe. The dataset provides measurements for reconstructing past climate conditions, created by researcher Schweingruber. The temporal coverage spans from 162 to -30 calendar years before present.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies from the tree ring width series.
• Calibrate the chronology against other regional proxy records using the year-by-year growth indices.
• Analyze growth response to extreme events within the 192-year period covered by the series.
• Validate climate model simulations for pre-industrial Europe using the dated proxy evidence.

Strengths

• 192-year continuous time series from 162 to -30 BP.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• The dataset's last known update was in 1980, indicating potential staleness and lack of recent maintenance.
• Sample size (number of individual tree cores) and specific site metadata are unknown from the provided description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring measurements (dendrochronology) from the Bannwald North site.

Time Range

162 to -30 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Bannwald North site, Switzerland, Western Europe.