Tree-ring width measurements from historical timbers in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany. The dataset covers a 94-year period from 465 to 372 calendar years before present. It is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct annual temperature or precipitation anomalies for Bavaria using the tree-ring width chronology.
- Cross-date and establish calendar years for other archaeological timber finds from the region using the master ring-width series.
- Analyze the frequency of narrow growth rings as indicators of historical drought or extreme climate events in the 5th century BP.
- Calibrate the tree-ring proxy record against other paleoclimate archives for the same geographic location and time period.
Strengths
- Data covers a continuous 94-year time period.
- Geographic location is precisely specified as Bavaria, Germany.
Limitations
- Sample size and number of individual tree cores are unknown.
- Temporal coverage is relatively short for long-term climate trend analysis.
- Data is from a single geographic site, limiting regional representativeness.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) of historical timbers.
- Time Range
- 465 to 372 calendar years before present (BP).
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.