800 to -48 calendar years before present of tree ring width measurements from the Reef of Rocks 2 site in Arizona. The dataset is a paleoclimatology study archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information under the World Data Service. It was last updated in 1998.
Use Cases
- Reconstruct past climate variables like temperature or precipitation using the tree ring width chronology.
- Calibrate tree ring growth models for the PSME (Pinus strobiformis) species with the dated time series.
- Analyze long-term ecological trends and forest response to climate over an 848-year period in Arizona.
- Compare this chronology with other regional ITRDB (International Tree-Ring Data Bank) datasets for spatial climate analysis.
Strengths
- Covers an 848-year time period from 800 to -48 calendar years BP.
- Part of the authoritative NOAA/NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, last updated in 1998.
- Specific sample size, measurement methods, and column details are unknown from the description.
Provenance
- Source
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.
- Collection Method
- Tree ring data collection (dendrochronology) from the Reef of Rocks 2 site.
- Time Range
- 800 to -48 calendar years before present.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Arizona, United States of America.