Mt. Diablo Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Study

329 to -46 calendar years before present (BP) of tree-ring data from Mt. Diablo State Park, California. This paleoclimatology dataset is archived by NOAA NCEI's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and is associated with a Tree Ring study type. The data was last updated in the NOAA system in 1996.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical climate parameters like precipitation or temperature from the tree-ring width chronology.
• Calibrate the tree-ring chronology against other paleoclimate proxies using its annual time-series data.
• Analyze climate extremes and long-term trends for the California region across the 375-year temporal coverage.
• Validate climate model simulations for past centuries using the independently dated proxy record.

Strengths

• Covers a 375-year time period from 329 to -46 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1996.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and replication statistics are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

329 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1996-01-01

Geography

Mt. Diablo State Park, California, United States of America.