Slovenian Tree-Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Reconstruction

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring dataset from the Vrsic Krajanska Gora site in Slovenia. The chronology covers 224 years, from 193 to -31 calendar years before present. This data was published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1981.

Use Cases

• Calibrating regional climate models using the tree-ring width chronology as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Analyzing growth anomaly years within the 224-year series to identify extreme historical climate events.
• Cross-dating this Slovenian chronology with other European tree-ring series to validate regional climate signals.
• Reconstructing annual climate conditions for Southern Europe from the indexed tree-ring parameters.

Strengths

• 224-year chronology providing multi-century climate context
• Geographically specific data from a single site in Slovenia

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to 224 years, shorter than many millennial-length tree-ring chronologies
• Data is geographically narrow, representing only one site in Southern Europe
• Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1981

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology)

Time Range

193 to -31 calendar years BP (224-year span)

Freshness

1981-01-01

Geography

Vrsic Krajanska Gora, Slovenia, Southern Europe