Richardson Mountain Tree Ring Chronology from 403 to -42 BP

NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology archives this tree ring chronology from the Richardson Mountain area in Yukon Territory, Canada. The data covers a 445-year period from 403 to -42 calendar years before present. The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) published this paleoclimatology study.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing annual tree ring width variations.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating models using the dated tree ring chronology as a reference series.
• Study ecological responses to historical climate events by examining growth suppression or release patterns in the ring records.
• Validate climate model simulations for the Holocene period against this high-resolution proxy record.

Strengths

• Time series spans 445 calendar years, providing a multi-century climate record.
• Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update date of 1992.
• Sample size and specific parameters like ring width measurements 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

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

Freshness

1992-01-01

Geography

Richardson Mountain, Yukon Territory, Canada.