Kuonamka River Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Analysis

160 calendar years of tree-ring width data from 120 to -40 years before present, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The dataset supports the reconstruction of past climate conditions in Eastern Europe. Data was originally published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1990.

Use Cases

• Calibrating climate models by comparing reconstructed temperature or precipitation proxies from tree-ring widths to instrumental records.
• Analyzing growth anomaly patterns in the ring-width series to identify past extreme climate events like droughts or cold periods.
• Cross-dating the Kuonamka River chronology with other ITRDB series to validate regional climate signals and extend temporal coverage.

Strengths

• Covers a 160-year time period specifically from 120 to -40 BP.
• Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection curated by NOAA/NCEI.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is relatively short for long-term climate trend analysis.
• Data is geographically limited to a single site (Kuonamka River, Russia), reducing regional representativeness.
• Last metadata update was in 1990, indicating potential staleness in documentation or accession methods.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring measurement and chronology development from sampled wood cores.

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Kuonamka River, Russia, Eastern Europe.