Tree Ring Chronology from Cakor Pass, Macedonia (94 to -31 BP)

Tree ring width measurements from a site in Macedonia, Yugoslavia, provide a climate proxy record. The chronology spans 125 years, from 94 to -31 calendar years before present. The data were archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information and published in 1981.

Use Cases

• Calibrating regional climate models using the tree ring width time-series as a temperature/moisture proxy.
• Analyzing growth anomaly years within the 125-year chronology to identify extreme historical climate events.
• Cross-dating this chronology (ITRDB YUGO005) with other Balkan tree ring series to build a longer regional master chronology.
• Studying the response of tree growth, recorded in ring widths, to known volcanic or climatic events within the covered period.

Strengths

• Time-series covers a specific 125-year period (94 to -31 BP) for clear temporal analysis.
• Data is part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) and NOAA WDS Paleoclimatology archive.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage of 125 years is relatively short for long-term climate trend analysis.
• Data is geographically limited to a single site (Cakor Pass, Macedonia), reducing regional representativeness.
• The dataset was last updated in 1981, and newer collections may have improved methodologies or metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring core samples analyzed to produce a standardized width chronology.

Time Range

94 to -31 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated in 1981; static historical archive.

Geography

Cakor Pass, Macedonia, Yugoslavia (former).