Pavilion Mountain Tree Ring Chronology for Paleoclimate Analysis

Tree ring width data from British Columbia, Canada, covering 303 years from 256 to -47 calendar years before present. The dataset is archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. It was last updated in the NCEI system in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing the tree_ring_width time series.
• Calibrate climate proxy models using the 303-year chronology from British Columbia.
• Study extreme climate events and their frequency by identifying marker years in the ring_width record.
• Compare this chronology from Pavilion Mountain with other ITRDB series for regional climate signal analysis.

Strengths

• Covers a 303-year time period from 256 to -47 BP.
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last recorded update in 1997.
• Specific sample depth, geographic coordinates, and measurement parameters are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

Pavilion Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.