Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Ring Data

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology's Veblen fire dataset provides a fire history reconstruction for Colorado, USA, derived from tree ring analysis. Temporal coverage spans from 420 to -44 calendar years before present. The dataset was archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was last updated in 1994.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history chronology.
• Correlate fire event years from tree ring scars with regional paleoclimate proxy records.
• Map the geographic distribution of historical fire evidence from the study's location metadata.
• Reconstruct fire seasonality and intensity patterns from fire scar parameters within tree rings.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range of 464 calendar years (420 to -44 BP).
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
• Includes specific parameters for fire history and tree ring analysis.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1994.
• Geographic scope is limited to a specific location in Colorado, USA.
• Exact sample size, row count, and data granularity are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data derived from tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1994-01-01

Geography

Colorado, United States Of America.