Tree ring width measurements from Ponderosa Pine (PIPO) in the Black Forest East area of Colorado. The chronology covers 288 years, from 241 to 47 calendar years before present. This paleoclimatology study was archived by NOAA NCEI and last updated in 1997.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past precipitation or temperature for Colorado using the tree ring width time series.
- Calibrate tree ring growth models for Ponderosa Pine using the site-specific chronology.
- Analyze climate extremes or drought periods within the 288-year temporal coverage of the record.
- Compare this Black Forest East chronology with other ITRDB site data for regional climate signal analysis.
Strengths
- 288-year temporal coverage from 241 to 47 BP
- Site-specific data for a defined geographic location in Colorado
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1997
- Unknown sample size and potential geographic bias from a single site
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
- Collection Method
- Tree ring core sampling and measurement (dendrochronology)
- Time Range
- 241 to 47 calendar years before present (BP)
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Black Forest East, Colorado, United States