Basin Pond Tree Ring Chronology for Maine Climate Reconstruction

131-year tree ring chronology from 108 to -23 calendar years before present, providing paleoclimate data for Maine, USA. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This study is associated with the NOAA NCEI study type 'Tree Ring'.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width chronology as a climate proxy.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring time series data with instrumental records from the same region.
• Analyze the frequency of extreme climate events, such as droughts, by examining anomalies in the annual ring width measurements.
• Study ecological responses to historical climate change by correlating the tree ring growth data with known regional environmental shifts.

Strengths

• Covers a 131-year time period from 108 to -23 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1973.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and data granularity are not provided in 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

108 to -23 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Maine, United States Of America.