Lynn Hollow Tree Ring Chronology for Tennessee Paleoclimate

Tree ring width index data from the Lynn Hollow site in Tennessee, United States. The chronology covers 254 years from 207 to -47 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and last updated in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree ring width index as a proxy.
• Calibrate the tree ring chronology against other regional paleoclimate records using its 254-year time span.
• Analyze growth patterns and climate sensitivity of tree species at the specific Lynn Hollow, Tennessee location.
• Validate climate model simulations for the southeastern US using the high-resolution annual data from this chronology.

Strengths

• Covers a continuous 254-year time period from 207 to -47 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1997.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (Lynn Hollow, Tennessee).
• The sample size (number of tree cores or series) is unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

Lynn Hollow, Tennessee, United States Of America.