Colorado Fire History Reconstruction From Tree Rings

Tree-ring data from Colorado provides a fire history record spanning 379 calendar years, from 335 to -44 years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. This study was published in 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire_history parameter to reconstruct past wildfire frequency and return intervals in Colorado.
• Correlate tree_ring width chronologies with fire events to study climate-fire relationships.
• Use the geospatial location data to map historical fire regimes within the specific study area.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 379 calendar years before present.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• The dataset is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1994.
• Specific sample size, row count, and data granularity are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

335 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.