267 calendar years before present of tree ring width data from the Baraii River site in Russia, Eastern Europe. The dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology World Data Service. This study was last updated in 1992.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width chronology.
- Calibrate the Baraii River chronology against other regional tree ring series to validate climate signals.
- Analyze growth trends and extreme events (e.g., volcanic cooling) within the 267-year time span.
- Incorporate this site's data into spatial networks for studying climate patterns across Eastern Europe.
Strengths
- Time series covers 267 calendar years before present, providing a multi-century climate record.
- Data is curated and archived by NOAA NCEI, an authoritative source for paleoclimate data.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1992.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Baraii River) in Russia.
- Specific parameters, sample depth, and measurement details are not provided in the input.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) / World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring measurements (dendrochronology) collected by F. Schweingruber.
- Time Range
- From 267 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Baraii River, Russia, Eastern Europe.