Colorado Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology provides a fire history dataset derived from tree-ring analysis at site BM19 in Colorado. The record spans 581 years, from 537 to -44 calendar years before present. This archived study was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire occurrence frequency from the fire history parameter over a 581-year period.
• Correlate fire events with climatic proxies derived from tree-ring width or density data.
• Reconstruct historical fire return intervals for the Colorado region using the dated fire scars.
• Model the relationship between fire history and other environmental parameters recorded in the metadata.

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal span of 581 calendar years.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.

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 description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Colorado, United States of America (specific site BM19).