Colorado Tree Ring Chronology from McGee Gulch (409 to -47 BP)

NOAA NCEI provides a tree ring chronology dataset for McGee Gulch, Colorado, USA. The data covers a time period from 409 to -47 calendar years before present. This archived study was published by the NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Use Cases

• Reconstructing past temperature or precipitation anomalies in Colorado using annual tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrating climate proxy models by correlating the tree ring chronology with known historical climate events.
• Analyzing long-term ecological growth patterns and responses to environmental stressors from the ring data.
• Validating regional paleoclimate simulations for the Southwestern United States against this high-resolution proxy record.

Strengths

• Time series spans 456 years (409 to -47 BP), providing multi-century coverage.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last recorded update in 1997.
• Specific sample size, measurement parameters, and site replication details are not provided in the input.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology) from Pseudotsuga menziesii (PSME) samples at the McGee Gulch site.

Time Range

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

Freshness

1997-01-01

Geography

McGee Gulch, Colorado, United States of America.