Argentine Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

Tree-ring data from Lago Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina, reconstructs fire events over a 275-year period. The NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information archives this fire history study, which was last updated in 1995. It provides parameters for analyzing historical fire frequency and climate interactions in Patagonia.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals using the fire history parameter over 275 years.
• Correlate fire events with regional climate patterns using the tree-ring chronology from 230 to -45 BP.
• Model historical fire-climate relationships for Patagonia using geospatial location data from Chubut, Argentina.

Strengths

• Covers a 275-year time period (230 to -45 calendar years BP) for longitudinal analysis.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1995.
• 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 for Paleoclimatology.

Collection Method

Data derived from tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) to infer fire history parameters.

Time Range

230 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1995-01-01

Geography

Lago Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina.