A 322-year tree ring chronology from Iremel Mountain in Russia provides proxy climate data. The dataset, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, covers the period from 279 to -43 calendar years before present. It was published in 1993.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing the tree ring width series.
- Calibrate climate models using the 322-year proxy record from the Iremel Mountain site.
- Study regional climate events by examining growth patterns within the dated chronology.
- Perform cross-dating with other chronologies using the year-by-year ring width data.
Strengths
- Covers a 322-year time series from 279 to -43 BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1993.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single mountain site in Russia.
- Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and potential measurement noise are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 279 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Iremel Mountain, Russia, Eastern Europe.