Tree ring data from Colorado, United States, provides a fire history record spanning 438 calendar years from 394 to -44 years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its Paleoclimatology program. It was published or last updated in 1994.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals over the 438-year period using the tree-ring chronology.
- Reconstruct past fire events and severity by examining fire scars and other parameters within the tree-ring records.
- Correlate fire history timelines with other paleoclimate proxies to study climate drivers of wildfire activity in Colorado.
Strengths
- Temporal coverage spans 438 calendar years (394 to -44 BP), providing a multi-century context.
- Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with a last known update in 1994, potentially lacking modern methodological refinements.
- Specific sample size (number of tree cores/sites), column details, 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) for fire history reconstruction.
- Time Range
- 394 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- 1994-01-01
- Geography
- Colorado, United States Of America.