Porter's Creek Tree Ring Chronology For Tennessee Climate Reconstruction

252 calendar years before present of tree ring width data from a site in Tennessee, United States. The dataset is part of the NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and is classified as a Tree Ring study. It was last updated in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing the tree ring width time-series.
• Calibrate climate models using the 252-year proxy record from the Tennessee site.
• Study regional climate extremes and their frequency by examining the annual resolution tree ring chronology.
• Compare this Tennessee chronology with other tree ring datasets to analyze spatial climate patterns.

Strengths

• Provides a 252-year annual-resolution climate proxy record.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends at 47 years before present, making the most recent data approximately 47 years old relative to the collection date.
• The dataset is geographically limited to a single site in Tennessee, USA.
• Data last updated in 1997, indicating potential staleness in metadata or documentation.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

From 252 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Tennessee, United States Of America.