Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings in Argentina

Fire history data reconstructed from tree-ring analysis at the Cordón Serrucho site in Río Negro, Argentina. The dataset covers a time period from 310 to -46 calendar years before present. It is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals over a 356-year period using the fire history chronology.
• Correlate fire events with regional climate proxies using the tree-ring derived time series.
• Reconstruct historical fire regimes in the Río Negro, Argentina region from the paleo-fire record.

Strengths

• Temporal coverage spans 356 calendar years, providing a multi-century perspective.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last documented update in 1996.
• Specific sample size, row count, and measurement parameters are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Reconstructed from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

310 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1996-01-01

Geography

Cordón Serrucho, Río Negro, Argentina.