199 to 44 calendar years before present of fire history data derived from tree ring analysis. The dataset contains parameters for reconstructing past fire events in Colorado, USA, archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. The associated study was published in 1994.
Use Cases
- Reconstructing fire return intervals and severity from tree ring fire_scar parameters.
- Analyzing correlations between fire_history events and regional climate proxies over a 243-year period.
- Calibrating paleo-fire models using the geographic_location of Colorado sites.
Strengths
- Covers a 243-year time period from 199 to 44 calendar years BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Temporal coverage ends 44 years BP, lacking modern fire records.
- Data is from a single study location (BM7) in Colorado, limiting geographic generalizability.
- Data structure and specific parameter counts are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.
- Time Range
- 199 to 44 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Colorado, United States Of America.