441-year tree ring chronology from 400 to -41 calendar years before present, providing paleoclimate data for Eastern Europe. The dataset contains parameters from tree rings for climate reconstruction, archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This study was last updated in 1991.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature anomalies using tree ring width measurements from the LAGM chronology.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the ITRDB RUSS106 series with instrumental records from the same region.
- Analyze growth response to environmental stressors using the dated annual resolution of the tree ring data.
- Study long-term climate cycles in Eastern Europe across the 441-year span covered by the chronology.
Strengths
- Covers a 441-year time period from 400 to -41 BP, providing a multi-century climate record.
- Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection curated by NOAA NCEI.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1991, limiting modern methodological integration.
- Geographic coverage is limited to two specific sites (Batagay and Chandon River) in Russia, reducing spatial generalizability.
- Specific sample depth, measurement parameters, and potential measurement noise are not detailed in the provided metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for paleoclimate reconstruction.
- Time Range
- 400 to -41 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Russia, Eastern Europe (Batagay and Chandon River sites).