161 years of tree ring data from 114 to -47 calendar years before present, providing a proxy for historical climate conditions in Northern Europe. The dataset is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archive, specifically the ITRDB LITH010 series, and was contributed by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. The data was last updated in the archive in 1997.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width chronology as a proxy.
- Calibrate climate models for the Baltic region by comparing the tree ring time-series against instrumental records.
- Analyze the frequency of extreme climatic events in Northern Europe during the period covered by the Sventoji-2 chronology.
Strengths
- Covers a continuous 161-year period from 114 to -47 BP.
- Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with no updates recorded since 1997.
- Sample size, geographic representativeness, and specific measurement parameters are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).
- Time Range
- 114 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Lithuania, Northern Europe.