Diamond Lake Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology from Oregon

437 calendar years of tree ring parameters from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) in Oregon, United States, covering the period from 437 to -45 years before present. This archived paleoclimatology study is provided by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was last updated in the archive on 1995-01-01.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree ring width chronology.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or other dating methods by aligning the tree ring series with known time periods.
• Analyze long-term ecological growth patterns of Ponderosa Pine from the ring width parameter.
• Study extreme climatic events recorded in the tree ring parameters for the Diamond Lake region.

Strengths

• Covers a 482-year time period from 437 to -45 calendar years BP.
• Data is archived and curated by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data record ends at -45 BP (approximately 1995 CE), providing no information for recent decades.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Diamond Lake, Oregon).
• Specific parameters, measurement methods, and sample depth are not detailed without accessing full metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology) from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO).

Time Range

437 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Diamond Lake, Oregon, United States Of America.