Tree Ring Chronology From Tschuchonoi River, Russia

NOAA's Paleoclimatology archive provides a tree-ring chronology from the Tschuchonoi River in Russia, Eastern Europe. The data covers a 328-year period from 286 to -42 calendar years before present. This study was archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1992.

Use Cases

• Calibrating climate models using the tree-ring width chronology as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Analyzing growth anomalies within the chronology to identify extreme historical climate events like droughts.
• Cross-dating this Russian chronology with others from the ITRDB to study hemispheric climate patterns.
• Reconstructing annual climate conditions for Eastern Europe over the 286 to -42 BP period using ring-width data.

Strengths

• Data spans a 328-year period (286 to -42 BP), providing a multi-century climate record.
• Archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, ensuring standardized metadata.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends at -42 BP (~1992 CE), lacking recent decades for modern climate comparison.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Tschuchonoi River), reducing regional representativeness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring data collection and analysis (dendrochronology), part of the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB).

Time Range

286 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Tschuchonoi River, Russia, Eastern Europe.