NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Villalba - Mountain Research Station Site 4 - PCEN - ITRDB CO678
This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Tree Ring. The data include parameters of tree ring with a geographic location of Colorado, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 313 to -33 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
- Cite as: Villalba, R.; Veblen, T.T. (2022-01-17): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Villalba - Mountain Research Station Site 4 - PCEN - ITRDB CO678. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/qbrd-0k44. Accessed [date].
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- doi:10.25921/qbrd-0k44
- noaa-tree-35294
- NCEI DSI 1200_02
- NCEI DSI 1200_01
noaa-tree-35294
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Coverage Description | Date Range: 1637 CE to 1983 CE; Date Range: 313 cal yr BP to -33 cal yr BP; |
Time Period | 1637 to 1983 |
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates |
N: 40.03
S: 40.03
E: -105.57
W: -105.57
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Dataset Progress Status | Complete - production of the data has been completed |
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STUDY NOTES: NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2022-04-04.
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: We examined variations in tree growth responses to climatic variations among different tree species and habitat types in the subalpine zone of the Colorado Front Range. We constructed 25 tree ring site chronologies (11 of Picea engelmannii, 9 of Abies lasiocarpa, 4 of Pinus contorta var. latifolia, and 1 of Pinus flexilis) from a series of subalpine habitats ranging from xeric to wet. To establish tree growth responses to climatic variation, we used correlation and response function analyses to compare variations in ring widths with monthly temperature and precipitation records. At the driest sites, growth of Picea and Abies tracked climatic variation similarly. At mesic and wet sites, however, these species differed in their responses to climatic variation. The responses of Pinus contorta, sampled over a narrower range of habitat types, differed from those of Picea and Abies but did not differ among sites. Steep environmental gradients in the subalpine zone of the Front Range accounted for most of the observed differences in growth responses to climatic variation. Even at adjacent sites that differ only slightly in topographic position, tree growth responses to climatic variation were distinct. Interspecific differences in response to climatic variations generally were less important than site differences. Intersite differences in tree growth responses to climatic variation can be used as indicators of environmental differences among subalpine habitats. |
Purpose | Tree ring data from the International Tree Ring Data Bank and World Data Center for Paleoclimatology archives. Most data sets include raw treering measurements (most are annual ring width, with some collections of earlywood or latewood width or wood density), plus chronologies (standardized growth indices for a site compiled from multiple treering samples). Reconstructions of climate variables are included with some of these data sets. Each data type is stored in a separate data file; the data type is coded into the file name. For details please see: http://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/tree-ring |
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