Tree Ring Chronology from Vitrimont, France

Western Europe tree ring chronology data from Vitrimont, France, covering 63 calendar years. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. The data was last updated in 1994.

Use Cases

• Calibrating climate models using the 63-year tree ring chronology as a proxy for temperature or precipitation.
• Analyzing growth ring width variations to reconstruct past climate events in France.
• Cross-dating the Vitrimont chronology with other European tree ring series to validate regional climate patterns.
• Studying the response of tree growth to environmental changes during the covered time period.

Strengths

• Covers 63 calendar years of tree ring data.
• Sourced from NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Small temporal coverage of only 63 years limits long-term trend analysis.
• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1994.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in France.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

19 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Vitrimont, France, Western Europe.