NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archives this tree-ring dataset from the Muzhy-Settlement site in Russia, Eastern Europe. It provides a chronology for climate reconstruction covering a period from 122 to -44 calendar years before present. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this study in 1994.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the proxy data from this chronology with instrumental records.
- Analyze the frequency of extreme climatic events in Eastern Europe over the 166-year time span.
- Study forest growth responses to historical environmental stressors in the Russian region.
Strengths
- Chronology spans 166 calendar years (122 to -44 BP).
- Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1994.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Muzhy-Settlement) in Russia.
- Sample size and replication statistics for the tree-ring series are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) from the Schweingruber collection.
- Time Range
- 122 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Muzhy-Settlement, Russia, Eastern Europe.