Jacob Wolf House Tree Ring Chronology for Arkansas Paleoclimate

Tree ring data from the Jacob Wolf House site in Arkansas provides a 156-year chronology from 278 to 123 calendar years before present. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive and is associated with the International Tree-Ring Data Bank. It was contributed by researcher Stahle and is managed by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Calibrating regional climate models using the tree-ring width time-series as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Analyzing growth anomaly years within the 156-year chronology to identify periods of drought or favorable climate.
• Cross-dating the Jacob Wolf House chronology (ITRDB AR069) with other regional series to validate and extend climate reconstructions.

Strengths

• Covers a continuous 156-year period (278-123 BP).
• Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection.
• Includes precise geographic location data for Arkansas, USA.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a specific 156-year window, not a long-term record.
• Data is from a single site (Jacob Wolf House), limiting spatial representativeness.
• The last platform update date (1827-01-01) indicates metadata may be stale.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) from samples collected at the Jacob Wolf House site.

Time Range

278 to 123 calendar years before present (BP).

Geography

Arkansas, United States Of America.