Indikyakha River Tree Ring Chronology from 358 to -40 BP

398-year tree-ring chronology from the Indikyakha River region in Russia provides proxy climate data for Eastern Europe. The dataset, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, contains parameters for dendrochronological analysis. This study was last updated in the NOAA system in 1990.

Use Cases

• Calibrating climate models by comparing tree-ring width parameters with known historical climate events.
• Analyzing growth anomaly patterns in the chronology to identify periods of environmental stress like volcanic eruptions or droughts.
• Reconstructing temperature or precipitation time series for Eastern Europe from 358 to -40 calendar years BP using the tree-ring proxy.
• Cross-dating this chronology (ITRDB RUSS027) with other regional tree-ring series to validate climatic signals.

Strengths

• Covers a 398-year time period from 358 to -40 calendar years before present.
• Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection curated by NOAA NCEI.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends at -40 BP, providing no data for the most recent millennia.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single river site in Russia, limiting regional generalizations.
• Data structure and specific parameters are unknown without accessing full metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring data collection and analysis by Schweingruber; study type is Tree Ring.

Time Range

358 to -40 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated in the source system on 1990-01-01.

Geography

Indikyakha River region, Russia, Eastern Europe.