Tree Ring Chronology From Markovo, Russia

A 22-year tree ring chronology from young trees near Markovo, Russia, covering the period from 48 to 26 years before present. The dataset is part of the NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and was archived in 1998. It contains parameters related to tree ring growth for dendrochronological analysis.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using annual ring-width measurements.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological models with the tree-ring time series.
• Analyze growth response to environmental stressors by examining inter-annual variability in ring parameters.
• Compare this local chronology with other regional series to study spatial climate patterns.

Strengths

• Time series covers a specific 22-year period (48 to 26 years BP).
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Very short temporal coverage of only 22 years limits long-term climate trend analysis.
• Sample is geographically limited to a single site (Markovo, Russia) and from young trees only.
• Data is temporally stale, with a last documented update in 1998.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology).

Time Range

48 to 26 years before present (BP).

Freshness

1998-01-01

Geography

Markovo, Russia, Eastern Europe.