572 calendar years of fire history data derived from tree-ring analysis in Canada. The dataset was produced by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information and archived in the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. It was last updated in 1993.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the calendar years before present (BP) time series.
- Correlate fire history events with other paleoclimate proxies using the tree-ring derived chronology.
- Model historical fire-climate relationships using the fire history parameters for the New Mexico region.
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal range of 572 calendar years before present.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1993.
- Specific sample size, row count, and column details are unknown.
- Geographic focus is limited to a specific site in Canada and a referenced region in New Mexico.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) to reconstruct fire history.
- Time Range
- 572 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Canada (primary site) and New Mexico, United States (referenced geographic location).