Ponderosa Pine Tree Ring Chronology for New Mexico Wildfire History

197 calendar years of tree ring data from 164 to -33 years before present, providing a chronology for Ponderosa pine (PIPO) from the Burned Mountain site in New Mexico. This paleoclimatology study is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service. The data was last updated in the repository in 1983.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing historical wildfire events by analyzing fire scars and growth suppression patterns in the tree ring series.
• Calibrating regional climate models using the tree ring width chronology as a proxy for past moisture availability.
• Dating archaeological sites or geological events in the Southwest using the established tree ring date series.
• Studying the long-term growth response of Ponderosa pine to environmental stressors recorded in the ring measurements.

Strengths

• Chronology spans 197 years, from 164 to -33 BP, providing a multi-century record.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset's last update was in 1983, making it temporally stale for contemporary analysis.
• Specific sample size, measurement columns, and data formats 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) of Ponderosa pine samples.

Time Range

164 to -33 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1983-01-01

Geography

Burned Mountain site, New Mexico, United States.