Tree Ring Chronology From Nizza Foret d'Aillon In France

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives tree ring width measurements for environmental reconstruction from a site in France, Western Europe. The dataset covers a 137-year period from 112 to -25 calendar years before present. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) manages this archived study, which was last updated in 1975.

Use Cases

• Calibrating regional climate models using tree ring width as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation in France.
• Analyzing growth anomaly years within the 137-year chronology to identify extreme historical climate events.
• Cross-dating this site chronology (ITRDB FRAN017) with other European tree ring series to build a wider spatial network.
• Reconstructing past environmental conditions for Western Europe based on the annual resolution tree ring data.

Strengths

• Data spans a specific 137-year period from 112 to -25 BP, providing annual-resolution proxy records.
• Archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is relatively short for paleoclimate studies at 137 years.
• Data is geographically limited to a single forest site (Nizza Foret d'Aillon) in France, limiting broad spatial analysis.
• The dataset metadata and underlying data were last updated in 1975, potentially using outdated collection or calibration methods.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Dendrochronological analysis of tree cores to measure annual ring widths.

Time Range

112 to -25 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Nizza Foret d'Aillon, France, Western Europe.