Silverstar Mountain Tree Ring Chronology For Paleoclimate Reconstruction

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring dataset from Silverstar Mountain, British Columbia, Canada. The chronology covers 175 years, from 128 to -47 calendar years before present. This dataset was published by NOAA NCEI in 1997.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using annual tree-ring width measurements.
• Calibrate climate proxy models by correlating ring-width indices with instrumental climate records.
• Analyze growth trends and extreme events within the 175-year chronology for ecological studies.
• Compare this chronology with other ITRDB series to assess regional climate signal coherence.

Strengths

• Chronology spans 175 calendar years, providing a multi-century paleoclimate record.
• Data is curated and archived by NOAA's authoritative World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, last updated in 1997, and may lack modern methodological refinements.
• Specific sample depth, measurement statistics, and potential missing years are unknown from the provided metadata.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring data collected via dendrochronological methods, part of the International Tree-Ring Data Bank (ITRDB).

Time Range

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

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

Silverstar Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.