230 to -46 calendar years before present of tree ring width data from a Pinus sylvestris site in Tschita, Russia. The dataset is part of the NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archive, contributed by Schweingruber. It was last updated in the NOAA system in 1996.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using annual tree ring width measurements.
- Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other chronological models with the provided calendar year BP timeline.
- Analyze climate signal strength and persistence in Pinus sylvestris from a specific Russian site.
- Compare this chronology with other ITRDB RUSS172 series for regional climate pattern analysis.
Strengths
- Covers a 276-year time period (230 to -46 BP) for climate analysis.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage is relatively short for some paleoclimate studies.
- Data is from a single site (Tschita), limiting geographic representativeness.
- The dataset was last updated in 1996, potentially lacking modern reanalysis.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring measurement (dendrochronology) from Pinus sylvestris samples.
- Time Range
- 230 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Tschita, Russia, Eastern Europe.