Oregon Ponderosa Pine Tree-Ring Chronology from 616 to -43 BP

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) at the Experimental Forest site in Oregon, USA. The dataset provides a time series covering 659 years, from 616 to -43 calendar years before present. It was published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1993.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree-ring width chronology.
• Analyze growth patterns in Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) over a 659-year period for ecological studies.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree-ring proxy data from the ITRDB OR049 site with instrumental records.
• Study long-term environmental changes in Oregon's Experimental Forest using the dated annual resolution data.

Strengths

• Time series spans 659 calendar years (616 to -43 BP), providing a multi-century record.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last documented update in 1993.
• Specific sample depth, measurement statistics, and column definitions are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa).

Time Range

616 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1993-01-01

Geography

Experimental Forest, Oregon, United States Of America.