NOAA NCEI archives this tree ring chronology from a site in Arizona, United States, providing a paleoclimate proxy record. The dataset covers a time period from 570 to -17 calendar years before present (BP). It was published by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate variables like precipitation or temperature using the tree ring width chronology.
- Calibrate radiocarbon dating models by cross-referencing the tree ring date sequence.
- Analyze long-term ecological trends and forest responses to climate using the annual growth record.
- Validate regional climate model simulations for the Arizona region against the proxy time series.
Strengths
- Time series spans 587 calendar years, from 570 to -17 BP.
- Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- The dataset's last update was in 1967, making the metadata and documentation potentially outdated.
- Specific measurement parameters, sample depth, and raw measurement columns are not provided in the input.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 570 to -17 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Arizona, United States Of America.