Quebec Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Reconstruction

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from No Name Lake (Trocken) in Quebec, Canada. The dataset covers a time period from 207 to -38 calendar years before present (BP), used for climate reconstruction. It is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was last updated in 1988.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology as a proxy.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring time series data against instrumental records for the last few centuries.
• Analyze growth patterns and extreme events within the chronology to identify historical drought or cold periods in Quebec.
• Cross-date this chronology with other regional tree-ring datasets to build a broader spatial climate network.

Strengths

• Data spans 245 years of proxy climate information (207 to -38 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is relatively short for paleoclimate studies at 245 years.
• Data is geographically limited to a single site in Quebec, Canada.
• The dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1988.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring data collection and chronology development (dendrochronology).

Time Range

207 to -38 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated in 1988; static archival dataset.

Geography

No Name Lake (Trocken), Quebec, Canada.