Tree Ring Chronology from Brush Mountain Virginia 128 to -42 BP

170-year tree ring chronology from 128 to -42 calendar years before present, providing paleoclimate data for Virginia. The dataset is part of the NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, archived under the Tree Ring study type. It was last updated in 1992.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical climate variables like temperature or precipitation from tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate models using the 170-year chronology as a proxy record for the period 128 to -42 BP.
• Analyze forest growth responses to past environmental conditions at the Brush Mountain, Virginia site.
• Compare this chronology with other ITRDB (International Tree Ring Data Bank) records for regional climate analysis.

Strengths

• Covers a 170-year time period from 128 to -42 calendar years BP.
• Part of the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and the ITRDB network.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1992.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and file formats are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Brush Mountain, Jefferson National Forest, Virginia, United States of America.