Kootenay Tree Ring Chronology For Paleoclimate Reconstruction

252 to -47 calendar years before present of tree ring parameters from British Columbia, Canada. This archived paleoclimatology study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The data was last updated in the repository in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using the tree ring width chronology.
• Calibrate climate models by comparing the tree ring proxy data with instrumental records for the region.
• Analyze long-term ecological trends and forest growth responses to climate over a ~300-year period.

Strengths

• Covers a temporal range of approximately 300 calendar years, from 252 to -47 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last repository update recorded in 1997.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and data structure are not provided in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

252 to -47 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

British Columbia, Canada.