German Tree Ring Chronology From 144 to -46 BP

190-year tree ring chronology from 144 to -46 calendar years before present, covering Western Germany. The dataset is part of the NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, archived under the Tree Ring study type. It was last updated in 1996.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past temperature or precipitation anomalies using tree ring width measurements as a proxy.
• Calibrate and validate climate models for the region using the 190-year chronology.
• Analyze growth patterns and extreme events recorded in the tree ring parameters for Germany.
• Compare this Central European chronology with other ITRDB records to study spatial climate patterns.

Strengths

• Covers a 190-year time period from 144 to -46 BP, providing a pre-industrial baseline.
• Part of the authoritative International Tree Ring Data Bank (ITRDB) collection from NOAA NCEI.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last recorded update in 1996.
• The specific parameters and sample depth (row count) are unknown from the provided metadata.
• Geographic coverage is limited to a single location in Western Germany.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

144 to -46 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Germany, Western Europe.