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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Great Basin, USA 4500 Year Summer Temperature Reconstruction

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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 Climate Reconstruction. The data include parameters of climate reconstructions|tree ring with a geographic location of United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 4524 to -56 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: Salzer, M.W.; Bunn, A.G.; Graham, N.E.; Hughes, M.K. (2014-08-18): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Great Basin, USA 4500 Year Summer Temperature Reconstruction. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/9wx3-5151. Accessed [date].
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Distributor NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Point of Contact Data Center Contact
NOAA World Data Service for Paleoclimatology
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Coverage Description Date Range: -2574 CE to 2006 CE; Date Range: 4524 cal yr BP to -56 cal yr BP;
Time Period -2574 to 2006
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
West: -119
East: -114
South: 35
North: 41
Spatial Coverage Map
General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • Five millennia of paleotemperature from tree-rings in the Great Basin, USA
    • Associated Reference published 2014
      Matthew W. Salzer, Andrew G. Bunn, Nicholas E. Graham, Malcolm K. Hughes, 2014: Five millennia of paleotemperature from tree-rings in the Great Basin, USA. Climate Dynamics, 42, 1517-1526, 10.1007/s00382-013-1911-9
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2014-08-18
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress Status Complete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: 4,500 year scaled summer paleotemperature reconstruction for the Great Basin, USA, based on three high elevation tree-ring collections of Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva). The GB3rwi tree-ring chronology is based on 3 P. longaeva collections: (1) Sheep Mountain, White Mountains, CA (SHP, 37.52 N. lat., 118.20 W. long.); (2) Mt. Washington, Snake Range, NV (MWA, 38.91 N. lat., 114.31 W. long.); and (3) Pearl Peak, Ruby Mountains, NV (PRL, 40.23 N. lat., 115.54 W. long.). Temperature anomalies were computed based on the AD 1000-1990 July-September mean of 20.32C 'near surface' from the ERIK2 model. A millennial-scale trend adjustment for the preindustrial period of 2575 BC to AD 1328 was then applied by adding a negative trend of 1.102C based on empirical data from treeline elevation change. There were no adjustments made to the period after AD 1328.
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: The instrumental temperature record is of insufficient length to fully express the natural variability of past temperature. High elevation tree-ring widths from Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) are a particularly useful proxy to infer temperatures prior to the instrumental record in that the tree-rings are annually dated and extend for millennia. From ring-width measurements integrated with past treeline elevation data we infer decadal- to millennial-scale temperature variability over the past 4,500 years for the Great Basin, USA. We find that twentieth century treeline advances are greater than in at least 4,000 years. There is also evidence for substantial volcanic forcing of climate in the preindustrial record and considerable covariation between high elevation tree-ring widths and temperature estimates from an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model over much of the last millennium. A long-term temperature decline of ~-1.1 °C since the mid-Holocene underlies substantial volcanic forcing of climate in the preindustrial record.
Purpose Records of past temperature, precipitation, and other climate variables derived from paleoclimate proxies. Parameter keywords describe what was measured in this data set. Additional summary information can be found in the abstracts of papers listed in the data set citations.
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Salzer, M.W.; Bunn, A.G.; Graham, N.E.; Hughes, M.K. (2014-08-18): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Great Basin, USA 4500 Year Summer Temperature Reconstruction. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/9wx3-5151. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • Salzer, M.W.
  • Bunn, A.G.
  • Graham, N.E.
  • Hughes, M.K.
Originators
  • Salzer, M.W.
  • Bunn, A.G.
  • Graham, N.E.
  • Hughes, M.K.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Paleoclimate Reconstructions
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|tree ring
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|tree ring
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|tree ring
  • earth science > paleoclimate > climate reconstructions|tree ring
  • earth science > paleoclimate > reconstructions > air temperature
  • Air Temperature Reconstruction
  • PILO
  • Pinus longaeva D.K. Bailey = Pinus aristata var. longaeva
  • Intermountain bristlecone pine
Paleoenvironmental Standard Terms (PaST) Thesaurus
  • What: surface temperature; Material: null
  • What: age; Material: null
  • What: surface temperature; Material: null
  • What: surface temperature; Material: null
Data Center keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
  • DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Place keywords
  • Continent > North America > United States Of America > Great Basin > LATITUDE > LONGITUDE
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Salzer, M.W.; Bunn, A.G.; Graham, N.E.; Hughes, M.K. (2014-08-18): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Great Basin, USA 4500 Year Summer Temperature Reconstruction. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/9wx3-5151. Accessed [date].
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