High Sierra Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA's Paleoclimatology archive provides a fire history dataset derived from tree rings at a High Sierra Ridge Pine site in California. The data covers a 730-year period from 689 to -41 calendar years before present. This study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information in 1991.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire_occurrence_year to reconstruct the frequency of historical wildfires over a 730-year period.
• Correlate fire_history events from tree_ring records with regional paleoclimate proxy data.
• Model fire return intervals using the time_series of fire events for ecological baseline studies.
• Map the geographic_location of fire events to understand spatial patterns in the Sierra Nevada.

Strengths

• Covers a 730-year temporal range from 689 to -41 BP.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1991.
• Specific column names, sample size, and file formats are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data derived from tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) to parameterize fire history.

Time Range

689 to -41 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

High Sierra Ridge Pine site, California, United States.