NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives fire history data derived from tree ring analysis for a site in Colorado. The dataset covers a period from 296 to -44 calendar years before present, indicating it includes both historical and recent proxy records. It is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was last updated in 1994.
Use Cases
- Modeling fire return intervals using the fire history parameter and tree ring chronology.
- Correlating fire event years (from fire history data) with regional climate proxy records.
- Reconstructing historical wildfire frequency for Colorado over a 340-year period.
- Analyzing the relationship between fire events and tree growth anomalies recorded in ring widths.
Strengths
- Data covers a specific 340-year time period (296 to -44 BP).
- Parameters are explicitly defined as fire history and tree ring data.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last documented update in 1994.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a single site (BM12) in Colorado.
- Sample size and specific row/column counts are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire scar detection.
- Time Range
- 296 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- 1994-01-01
- Geography
- Colorado, United States Of America.