Fire History Reconstruction from San Onofre Tree Rings

440 to -47 calendar years before present of fire history data derived from tree rings in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico. The dataset was archived by NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information under its World Data Service for Paleoclimatology. The associated study type is Fire and the data were last updated in 1997.

Use Cases

• Analyze fire return intervals using dated fire scar events from tree ring records.
• Reconstruct regional fire frequency and synchrony across the 487-year time series.
• Correlate fire event years with paleoclimate proxy data to identify climatic drivers.
• Model fire history parameters like fire season and severity from scar characteristics.

Strengths

• Covers a 487-year time period from 440 to -47 calendar years BP.
• Data is curated and archived by the authoritative NOAA NCEI World Data Service for Paleoclimatology.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with a last update recorded in 1997.
• Specific sample size, geographic precision, and data granularity are unknown from the description.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree-ring analysis (dendrochronology) for fire history parameters.

Time Range

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

Freshness

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Geography

San Onofre, Sierra Madre Oriental, Nuevo León, Mexico.