Swiss Tree Ring Chronology From 117 to -29 BP

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives the Schweingruber - Crete VS - PCAB - ITRDB SWIT133 tree ring dataset. Data coverage spans from 117 to -29 calendar years before present, sourced from Switzerland in Western Europe. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this archived study, last updated in 1979.

Use Cases

• Calibrating regional climate models using the tree-ring width chronology as a temperature proxy.
• Reconstructing past drought or growing season conditions from the annual ring parameter data.
• Analyzing growth anomalies in the time-series to date volcanic or climatic events around 29 BP.
• Comparing this Swiss chronology (ITRDB SWIT133) with other European tree-ring datasets for spatial climate analysis.

Strengths

• Temporal coverage spans 146 years, from 117 to -29 calendar years BP.
• Data is archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1979.
• Specific sample size, row count, and measurement parameters are unknown from the description.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single location in Switzerland, Western Europe.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

117 to -29 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Switzerland, Western Europe.