Hells Hole West Fire History from Tree Rings (699-49 BP)

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives fire history data from tree-ring analysis at the Hells Hole West site in Colorado, USA. The dataset provides a temporal record of fire events from 699 to 49 calendar years before present. The data was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing fire frequency and return intervals using tree-ring fire scar data.
• Analyzing the relationship between past climate periods and fire occurrence from the temporal coverage.
• Calibrating regional fire history models using the geographic location parameter for Colorado.
• Studying long-term ecological resilience by correlating fire events with other paleoenvironmental proxies.

Strengths

• Covers a 748-year temporal range (699 to 49 BP) for long-term analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1999.
• Specific sample size, column details, and file formats are unknown.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site in Colorado.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.

Time Range

699 to -49 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1999-01-01

Geography

Hells Hole West site, Colorado, United States of America.