A tree-ring chronology from Rio Negro, Argentina, covering 429 years from 388 to -41 calendar years before present. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive and was contributed by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. It was last updated in 1991.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree-ring width chronology.
- Calibrate climate models by comparing the proxy time-series data with other paleoclimate records.
- Analyze long-term climate trends in the Rio Negro region of Argentina across the 429-year period.
- Study the frequency of extreme climatic events recorded in the tree-ring parameters.
Strengths
- Covers a 429-year time period from 388 to -41 BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1991.
- Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and potential biases are unknown from the provided description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 388 to -41 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Rio Negro, Argentina.