French Tree Ring Chronology from Marseille (143 to -23 BP)

166-year tree-ring chronology from Marseille, France, covering the period 143 to -23 calendar years before present. The dataset contains parameters related to tree-ring measurements for paleoclimatic reconstruction. It was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information and published in 1973.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation using the tree-ring width parameter for Western Europe.
• Calibrate climate proxy models by analyzing the tree-ring chronology against known historical climate events.
• Study long-term environmental changes in France by examining growth patterns in the tree-ring series.
• Validate regional climate reconstructions by comparing this chronology with other European tree-ring datasets.

Strengths

• Covers a 166-year time period (143 to -23 BP) for climate analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is relatively short for long-term climate trend analysis.
• Data is geographically limited to a single location (Marseille, France).
• The dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1973.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

143 to -23 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1973-01-01

Geography

France, Western Europe (specific location: Marseille).