Lithuanian Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Reconstruction

111 calendar years of tree ring data from 65 to -46 years before present, archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. The dataset provides parameters for paleoclimate studies from a site in Lithuania, Northern Europe. The associated study type is Tree Ring and the data were made available through the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation using tree ring width parameters from the chronology.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring proxy data from Lithuania with other regional paleoclimate records.
• Analyze growth anomalies in the tree ring parameters to identify extreme climatic events within the 111-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a specific 111-year time period (65 to -46 BP) for climate analysis.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive and associated with a defined study type.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to 111 years, which is short for some long-term climate trend analyses.
• Data is geographically specific to a single location in Lithuania, limiting broad spatial inferences.
• The dataset was last updated in 1996, indicating it is a static archive with no recent additions.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

Static archive, last updated 1996-01-01.

Geography

Lithuania, Northern Europe.