Argentine Fire History Reconstruction from Tree Rings

NOAA NCEI archives a paleoclimatology fire history dataset from tree rings in Neuquén, Argentina. The data covers a 291-year period from 246 to -45 calendar years before present. It was published by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire frequency and return intervals over the 291-year time_range using tree-ring fire scars.
• Correlate fire_history events with regional paleoclimate proxies to study climate-fire relationships.
• Reconstruct historical fire seasonality and intensity from parameters within the tree-ring records.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 291-year time_range from 246 to -45 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage ends 45 years before 1950, with no recent data.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single location in Neuquén, Argentina.
• Data record was last updated in 1995, indicating potential staleness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Neuquén, Argentina.