French Tree Ring Chronology from 210 to -23 BP

Tree ring data from Western Europe spans 233 years, from 210 to -23 calendar years before present. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archives this paleoclimatology study. Data was last updated in 1973.

Use Cases

• Calibrate climate models using the tree ring width chronology as a proxy for past temperature or precipitation.
• Analyze growth anomaly years within the 233-year series to identify extreme historical climate events.
• Cross-date this chronology with other European tree ring series to validate regional climate reconstructions.

Strengths

• Time series covers 233 calendar years.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• The dataset's last update was in 1973, making it temporally stale.
• Specific parameters, sample size, and measurement details are unknown without metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1973-01-01

Geography

France, Western Europe.