Tree Ring Chronology from Snake Den Trail, Tennessee

NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology archives a tree ring chronology dataset from the Snake Den Trail site in Tennessee. The data covers a 100-year period from 55 to -45 calendar years before present (BP). This study was contributed to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information and was last updated in 1995.

Use Cases

• Reconstruct past climate conditions, such as temperature or precipitation, using tree ring width measurements.
• Calibrate the chronology against known historical events using the provided calendar years before present (BP) time series.
• Analyze growth patterns from the Tennessee site to study local environmental stressors.

Strengths

• Data spans a continuous 100-year time period (55 to -45 BP).
• Sourced from the authoritative NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

Limitations

• Temporal coverage is limited to a single century.
• Data is stale, with a last documented update in 1995.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Tree ring analysis (dendrochronology).

Time Range

55 to -45 calendar years before present (BP).

Freshness

1995-01-01

Geography

Snake Den Trail, Tennessee, United States.