Historical Timber Tree-Ring Data from Regensburg, Germany

390 to 278 calendar years before present (BP) of tree-ring parameters from Bavaria, Germany, are archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information. The data is part of the NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology collection and is associated with the study type 'Tree Ring'. This archived paleoclimatology study was last updated in the platform's system on 1672-01-01.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct historical climate variables like temperature or precipitation using tree-ring width parameters.
• Calibrate radiocarbon dating or establish regional dendrochronological master chronologies from the timber samples.
• Analyze long-term environmental changes in Bavaria by examining the time-series of tree-ring data from 390-278 BP.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 112-year period (390-278 BP) for temporal analysis.
• Geographic location is precisely specified as Bavaria, Germany.
• Archived and maintained by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).

Limitations

• Sample size and number of individual tree cores or timbers are unknown.
• The specific measured parameters (e.g., ring width, density) beyond 'tree ring' are not detailed without metadata.
• Temporal coverage is limited to a specific historical period, not continuous to the present.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Dendrochronological analysis of historical timbers from the 'Am Olberg Str. 3+5 3 Regensburg' site.

Time Range

390 to 278 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Bavaria, Germany.