British Isles Scots Pine Tree Ring Chronology 107 BC to AD 26

133-year tree-ring width chronology from Scots Pine (PISY) in the British Isles provides proxy climate data for the late Iron Age and early Roman period. The dataset was archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This specific study was last updated in the NOAA system in 1976.

Use Cases

• Calibrate regional climate models using the tree-ring width time-series as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Analyze growth anomaly patterns within the 133-year chronology to identify extreme climatic events like droughts or cold periods.
• Cross-date archaeological wood samples from the British Isles using this established Scots Pine reference chronology.
• Compare this ITRDB BRIT019 series with other European tree-ring datasets to study spatiotemporal climate patterns from 107 BC to AD 26.

Strengths

• Chronology covers a distinct 133-year period from 107 BC to AD 26, bridging the late Iron Age and early Roman era.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology (WDS).
• Provides a species-specific (Pinus sylvestris - PISY) record from a defined geographic region (British Isles).

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is relatively short (133 years) compared to millennial-length tree-ring chronologies.
• The dataset's last recorded update was in 1976, potentially lacking modern reanalysis or standardization.
• Specific sample depth, replication statistics, and measurement metadata are not provided in the basic description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring width measurements from Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) samples, compiled into a chronology by researcher Schweingruber.

Time Range

107 BC to AD 26 (133-year period).

Freshness

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Geography

United Kingdom, British Isles.