Historical German Timber Tree-Ring Data from 442-371 BP

Tree-ring parameters from historical timbers at Stadturm 1 in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany. The dataset covers a 71-year period from 442 to 371 calendar years before present. It is archived by NOAA's World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing historical climate variables like temperature or precipitation using tree-ring width data.
• Dating historical structures or artifacts by cross-referencing the timber's tree-ring sequences.
• Analyzing long-term environmental stress patterns in European forests from the tree-ring parameters.
• Calibrating regional dendrochronological reference chronologies for Bavaria using the provided time series.

Strengths

• Data covers a specific 71-year period from 442 to 371 BP.
• Sourced from a NOAA/NCEI authoritative paleoclimate archive.

Limitations

• Sample size is limited to timbers from a single structure (Stadturm 1).
• Temporal coverage is narrow (71 years) relative to full climate reconstructions.
• Specific measured parameters and row counts are not provided in the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Dendrochronological analysis of historical timber samples.

Time Range

442 to 371 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

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Geography

Bavaria, Germany (specific location: Stadturm 1, Straubing).