French Tree Ring Chronology from Mount Ventoux

Tree ring width measurements from Mount Ventoux, France, provide a climate proxy record spanning 316 years. The dataset covers the period from 291 to -25 calendar years before present, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. Data collection and publication were completed by 1975.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies from the tree ring width parameter for Western Europe.
• Calibrate the chronology against known historical climate events using the provided calendar years before present (BP) time scale.
• Analyze long-term growth trends and environmental stress signals within the tree ring parameter series.
• Compare this Mount Ventoux chronology with other European tree ring datasets to identify regional climate patterns.

Strengths

• Time series covers 316 calendar years of environmental data.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with no updates since its publication in 1975.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site at Mount Ventoux, France.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

291 to -25 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1975-01-01

Geography

Mount Ventoux, France, Western Europe.