Cedar Valley Tree Ring Chronology from Cyprus for Paleoclimate Analysis

Tree ring width data from Cyprus provides a 175-year climate proxy record spanning from 144 to -31 calendar years before present. This archived paleoclimatology study is maintained by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service. The dataset was last updated in 1981.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies for Cyprus using the tree ring width chronology.
• Calibrate the chronology against known historical climate events within the 144 to -31 BP time range.
• Compare growth patterns in this Mediterranean chronology with other tree ring series from the ITRDB.
• Analyze climate sensitivity and response by correlating ring width measurements with instrumental data where overlap exists.

Strengths

• Provides a 175-year continuous proxy climate record for a Mediterranean region.
• Archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1981, potentially missing modern methodological revisions.
• Limited geographic scope to a single valley in Cyprus, reducing broad regional representativeness.
• Unknown sample size (number of tree cores) limits assessment of statistical robustness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) from the Cedar Valley (Mittel-T) site, part of the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB).

Time Range

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

Freshness

1981-01-01

Geography

Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea.