Argentine Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a fire history dataset from the North Rio Limay 2 site in Neuquen, Argentina. The data reconstruct fire events from tree ring parameters, covering a period from 438 to -45 calendar years before present. The dataset is maintained by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency of fire events from the tree-ring fire history parameter over a 483-year period.
• Correlate fire event years from the chronology with regional paleoclimate proxy records.
• Model long-term fire return intervals for the Neuquen, Argentina region using the dated fire history data.
• Reconstruct past climate-fire relationships by examining the temporal distribution of fire scars in tree rings.

Strengths

• Temporal coverage spans 483 calendar years (from 438 to -45 BP).
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1995.
• Specific sample size (row count) and measurement parameters beyond 'fire history|tree ring' are unknown from the description.

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

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

Freshness

1995-01-01

Geography

Neuquen, Argentina (North Rio Limay 2 site).