A 166-year tree-ring chronology from Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, covering the period from 133 to -33 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. Data was last updated in the NOAA system in 1983.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology.
- Calibrating climate models by comparing the Fort Nelson chronology with other regional proxy records.
- Analyzing growth trends and extreme events captured in the ring-width time series.
- Studying the response of boreal forest tree species to climate forcing over a multi-century period.
Strengths
- Chronology covers a 166-year time period (133 to -33 BP).
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1983.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site in British Columbia.
- Specific parameters, sample depth, and measurement statistics are unknown from the provided metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 133 to -33 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.