Pascagoula River Tree Ring Chronology for Climate Reconstruction

NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archives this tree ring dataset from the Pascagoula River in Mississippi, USA. It provides a time series of tree ring parameters covering the period from 484 to -42 calendar years before present. The data was contributed by Stahle and last updated in the NOAA NCEI system in 1992.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical temperature or precipitation anomalies from tree ring width or density parameters.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring chronology with instrumental records for the Mississippi region.
• Analyze the frequency of past drought or wet periods in the Pascagoula River basin using the annual resolution time series.
• Study the response of local tree species to climatic forcing over a multi-century timeframe.

Strengths

• Time series covers 526 calendar years of environmental history.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• The dataset's last recorded update was in 1992, indicating potential staleness in metadata or availability.
• Specific row count, column names, and measurement parameters are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collected via dendrochronological methods.

Time Range

484 to -42 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Pascagoula River, Mississippi, United States of America.