Fire History Reconstruction from Los Griegos Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides a fire history dataset derived from tree ring analysis at the Los Griegos site in New Mexico. The data covers a time period from 416 to -43 calendar years before present. This archived study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and timing from tree ring fire scar records.
• Correlate fire history events with regional climate proxy data.
• Reconstruct long-term fire regimes for the New Mexico region using the dated chronology.
• Study the relationship between fire occurrence and calendar years before present (BP).

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 459 calendar years.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

Limitations

• The dataset's last update was in 1993, making it temporally stale.
• Specific sample size, row count, and column details are unknown.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.

Time Range

416 to -43 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1993-01-01

Geography

Los Griegos site, New Mexico, United States of America.