McClosky Ranch Tree Ring Chronology from Kansas

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree-ring chronology from the McClosky Ranch site in Kansas, United States. The data covers 268 years, from 236 to -32 calendar years before present (BP). This dataset was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1982.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical climate variables like precipitation from the tree-ring width time-series.
• Calibrate climate models using the precisely dated annual resolution of the tree-ring chronology.
• Analyze long-term ecological responses to climate change using the site-specific growth record.
• Compare this Kansas chronology with other regional tree-ring datasets to identify spatial climate patterns.

Strengths

• Covers 268 years of annual-resolution data.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1982.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single site in Kansas.
• Specific sample size and measurement parameters are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

236 to -32 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1982-01-01

Geography

McClosky Ranch, Kansas, United States Of America.