Tree Ring Chronology From Severobaikalsk, Russia

NOAA's Paleoclimatology archive provides a tree-ring chronology for Severobaikalsk, Russia, in Eastern Europe. The data covers a 122-year period from 76 to -46 calendar years before present. This dataset was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology as a proxy.
• Calibrate the chronology against known climate events by analyzing its time-series pattern across the 122-year span.
• Compare this site's growth patterns with other ITRDB chronologies to assess regional climate signals.
• Validate climate model simulations for the 'before present' period using the empirical tree-ring record.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 122-year time period from 76 to -46 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 (Severobaikalsk) in Russia.
• The dataset was last updated in 1996, indicating potential staleness in metadata or curation methods.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

From 76 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated in 1996.

Geography

Severobaikalsk, Russia, Eastern Europe.