Tree Ring Chronology from Bayou Meto, Arkansas (428 to -30 BP)

Tree ring width data from Arkansas, United States, provides a climate proxy record spanning 458 calendar years from 428 to -30 years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This study was published or last updated in 1980.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width parameter as a climate proxy.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology with other paleoclimate records for the 458-year period.
• Analyze growth patterns in the Bayou Meto, Arkansas, region to study ecological responses to historical climate events.
• Validate regional climate reconstructions for the southeastern United States using this specific site chronology.

Strengths

• Data covers a continuous 458-year period (428 to -30 BP), providing a multi-century climate record.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, ensuring standard metadata and archival.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends at -30 BP (roughly 1980 CE), making the record potentially stale for recent climate analysis.
• The dataset is geographically limited to a single site (Bayou Meto, Arkansas), limiting broad spatial inferences.
• Specific sample depth, replication statistics, and measurement precision are unknown without accessing full metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring cores collected and measured using standard dendrochronological techniques.

Time Range

428 to -30 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 1980-01-01; the underlying data is a static paleoclimate archive.

Geography

Bayou Meto, Arkansas, United States Of America.