Chickahominy River Tree Ring Chronology from 288 to -34 BP

A tree-ring chronology from the Chickahominy River area in Virginia, USA, covering a 322-year period from 288 to -34 calendar years before present. The dataset was produced by Stahle and archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. It was last updated in the public record in 1984.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct annual temperature or precipitation anomalies for Virginia using the tree-ring width parameter.
• Calibrate the chronology against other regional proxy records using the calendar years before present (BP) time index.
• Analyze long-term climate trends and extreme events in the Mid-Atlantic US from the provided 322-year time series.

Strengths

• Covers a continuous 322-year period from 288 to -34 calendar years BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The temporal coverage ends 34 years after 1950 (i.e., 1984), making the most recent data several decades old.
• Specific sample depth, measurement statistics, and climate parameter details are not provided in the basic description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

288 to -34 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Chickahominy River, Virginia, United States Of America.