Florida Suwannee River Tree Ring Chronology 225 to 43 BP

NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archives this tree ring dataset from the Suwannee River area in Florida. The chronology covers 268 years, from 225 to 43 calendar years before present. The National Centers for Environmental Information published this data in 1993.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate variables like precipitation or temperature from the annual tree ring width series.
• Calibrate regional climate models using the high-resolution, absolutely dated chronology spanning 268 years.
• Analyze growth anomalies in the ring width data to identify extreme historical drought or wet periods in Florida.
• Compare this Suwannee River chronology with other ITRDB series to study spatial climate patterns in the pre-Columbian era.

Strengths

• Absolutely dated annual chronology covering 268 years (225 to 43 BP).
• Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1993.
• The geographic scope is limited to a single site in Florida, limiting broad regional analysis.
• Specific sample depth, measurement parameters, and raw measurement data are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology), likely from core samples.

Time Range

225 to 43 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Suwannee River area, Florida, United States of America.