Salzstadel 1 Historical Timber Tree-Ring Data from Bavaria

Tree-ring measurements from 200 to 109 calendar years before present provide a proxy for past climate conditions in Bavaria, Germany. This paleoclimatology dataset is archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service. The data represents a Tree Ring study type from the Wilson collection.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing historical temperature or precipitation anomalies by analyzing tree-ring width chronologies.
• Calibrating regional climate models using proxy data from the 109-200 BP time period.
• Studying the frequency of extreme environmental events in pre-modern Bavaria through ring density or isotopic data.
• Cross-dating archaeological timber samples from the Straubing region using the established tree-ring chronology.

Strengths

• Time series covers a 91-year period from 200 to 109 calendar years BP.
• Geographic location is precisely specified as Bavaria, Germany.

Limitations

• The temporal coverage is relatively short for long-term climate trend analysis.
• Sample size and replication statistics for the timber cores are unknown.
• Data is focused on a single site, limiting regional representativeness.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Dendrochronological analysis of historical timbers from the Salzstadel 1 site in Straubing.

Time Range

200 to 109 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Bavaria, Germany.