Joyce Kilmer Forest Tree-Ring Chronology from 278 BC to 47 BC

Tree-ring width data from the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in North Carolina provides a 325-year climate proxy record. The dataset, archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, was last updated in 1997. It is part of the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection for North Carolina (site code NC012).

Use Cases

• Reconstruct annual temperature or precipitation anomalies from the tree-ring width parameter for the southeastern US.
• Calibrate the tree-ring chronology against other paleoclimate proxies using its specific 325-year time range from 278 to -47 BP.
• Analyze growth patterns in Liriodendron tulipifera (LITU) trees from the Joyce Kilmer Forest site to study ecological responses.

Strengths

• Covers a continuous 325-year period from 278 to -47 calendar years before present.
• Part of the authoritative International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection maintained by NOAA NCEI.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1997.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single forest site in North Carolina, USA.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of Liriodendron tulipifera (LITU) samples.

Time Range

278 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, North Carolina, United States Of America.