Tree ring width measurements from ponderosa pine trees in Cabresto Canyon, New Mexico. The chronology spans 348 years, from 311 to 37 years before the present. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archived this paleoclimatology study in 1987.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct historical precipitation or drought indices from annual tree ring width series.
- Calibrate climate models using the 348-year proxy record for the period before instrumental data.
- Analyze growth anomalies in the ring width data to date past ecological disturbances like fires.
- Compare this site chronology with other regional tree ring datasets for spatial climate pattern analysis.
Strengths
- Time series covers 348 calendar years, providing a multi-century climate proxy.
- Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1987 and may lack modern reanalysis.
- The geographic scope is limited to a single canyon site in New Mexico.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Dendrochronological analysis of ponderosa pine (PIPO) tree cores.
- Time Range
- 311 to -37 calendar years BP (Before Present).
- Freshness
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- Geography
- Cabresto Canyon, New Mexico, United States.