NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Barrett fire data from Crater Lake - IMPD USCRL001
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 Fire. The data include parameters of fire history|paleolimnology with a geographic location of Alaska, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 7012 to -57 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data.
Dataset Citation
- Cite as: Barrett, C.M.; Kelly, R.F.; Higuera, P.E.; Hu, F.S. (2013-04-01): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Barrett fire data from Crater Lake - IMPD USCRL001. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/vp0x-tr67. Accessed [date].
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- doi:10.25921/vp0x-tr67
- noaa-fire-14409
- NCEI DSI 1200_02
- NCEI DSI 1200_01
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noaa-fire-14409
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Dataset Point of Contact | Data Center Contact NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology 828-271-4800 paleo@noaa.gov |
Coverage Description | Date Range: 7012 cal yr BP to -57 cal yr BP; |
Time Period | -5062 to 2007 |
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates |
West: -146.238431
East: -146.238431
South: 62.101714
North: 62.101714
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Dataset Progress Status | Complete - production of the data has been completed |
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Supplemental Information | ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: Although recent climatic warming has markedly increased fire activity in many biomes, this trend is spatially heterogeneous. Understanding the patterns and controls of this heterogeneity is important for anticipating future fire-regime shifts at regional scales and for developing land-management policies. To assess climatic and land-cover controls on boreal-forest fire regimes, we conducted macroscopic-charcoal analysis of sediment cores and GIS analysis of landscape variation in south-central Alaska. Results reveal that fire occurrence was highly variable both spatially and temporally over the past seven millennia. At two of four sites, the lack of distinct charcoal peaks throughout much of this period suggests the absence of large local fires, attributed to abundant water bodies in the surrounding landscape that have likely functioned as firebreaks to limit fire spread. In contrast, distinct charcoal peaks suggest numerous local fires at the other two sites where water bodies are less abundant. In periods of the records where robust charcoal peaks allow identification of local fire events over the past 7000 years, fire return intervals varied widely with a range of 138-453 years. Furthermore, the temporal trajectories of local-fire frequency differed greatly among sites and were statistically independent. Inferred biomass burning and mean summer temperature in the region were not significantly correlated prior to 3000 years ago, but became positively related subsequently with varying correlation strengths (r = 0.40-0.66; p = 0.001-0.040 for 2000-yr moving windows). Climatic variability associated with the Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Little Ice Age, along with the expansion of flammable Picea mariana forests, probably have heightened the sensitivity of forest burning to summer-temperature variations over the past three millennia. These results elucidate the patterns and controls of boreal fire-regime dynamics over a broad range of spatiotemporal scales, and imply that anthropogenic climatic warming and associated land-cover changes, in particular lake drying, will interact to affect boreal-forest burning over the coming decades. |
Purpose | Records of past fire occurrence from tree rings, charcoal found in lake sediments, and other proxies. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this dataset. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the dataset citations. Additional information on the International Multiproxy Database (IMPD) dataset procedures are also available. |
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