NOAA NCEI archives a paleoclimatology study of fire history for Colorado, USA. The data covers a time period from 498 to -44 calendar years before present, derived from tree-ring analysis. The dataset was published by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology and last updated in 1994.
Use Cases
- Analyze fire frequency and return intervals over a 542-year period using the fire history time series.
- Correlate fire event years from tree-ring data with regional paleoclimate proxy records.
- Reconstruct historical fire regimes for Colorado's forest ecosystems based on the fire history parameter.
Strengths
- Covers a long temporal span of 542 calendar years.
- Provides a specific geographic focus on Colorado, USA.
- Archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1994.
- Unknown sample size and row count for statistical reliability.
- Potential geographic bias limited to a single location (BM4 site).
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history reconstruction.
- Time Range
- 498 to -44 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- 1994-01-01
- Geography
- Colorado, United States of America (specific site BM4).