Tree ring width measurements from the Chasseral NE South site in Switzerland. The chronology covers 130 years from 105 to -25 calendar years before present. This archived paleoclimatology study was published by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology in 1975.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width parameter as a climate proxy.
- Calibrate the Schweingruber PCAB chronology against other regional tree ring datasets for cross-validation.
- Analyze growth trends and extreme events within the 130-year time series from this specific Swiss site.
- Incorporate the ITRDB SWIT106 site data into hemispheric-scale climate reconstructions of the last millennia.
Strengths
- Data covers a 130-year time period (105 to -25 BP), providing a discrete historical snapshot.
- Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection curated by NOAA NCEI.
Limitations
- The dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1975, indicating no recent revisions.
- Limited geographic scope to a single site (Chasseral NE South) in Switzerland.
- The small temporal coverage of 130 years may limit analysis of long-term climate cycles.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring core sampling and measurement, likely following the Schweingruber PCAB methodology.
- Time Range
- 105 to -25 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Chasseral NE South site, Switzerland, Western Europe.