Tree ring width data from Waubee Lake, Wisconsin, provides a 233-year chronology from 312 to 79 calendar years before present. This paleoclimatology dataset is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was contributed by researcher Stambaugh under the PIRE-ITRDB initiative.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by calibrating tree ring width series against modern climate records.
- Analyze the frequency of extreme growth years (narrow or wide rings) to identify past drought or favorable climate periods.
- Cross-date this 233-year Waubee Lake chronology with other regional tree ring datasets to build a longer, more robust regional climate record.
- Validate climate model simulations of the last few centuries by comparing modeled conditions to proxy evidence from ring widths.
Strengths
- Covers a 233-year period (312 to 79 BP), providing a multi-century climate proxy.
- Sourced from NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, ensuring curation and metadata standards.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends 79 years BP, limiting direct overlap with the instrumental climate record.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single site (Waubee Lake, Wisconsin), reducing regional representativeness.
- Sample size (number of trees/core samples) and replication statistics are unknown from provided metadata.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring data collected and measured from core samples, likely following standard dendrochronological methods.
- Time Range
- 312 to 79 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Waubee Lake, Wisconsin, United States of America.