Paleo-event data standards for dendrochronology

Elaine K. Sutherland; P. Brewer; W. Gross

doi:10.22498/pages.25.3.163

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Paleo-event data standards for dendrochronology

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Authors:

Elaine K. Sutherland, P. Brewer, W. Gross

Year:

2017

Type:

Magazines or Trade Publications

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22498/pages.25.3.163

Source:

Past Global Changes Magazine. 25(3): 163.

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Abstract

Extreme environmental events, such as storm winds, landslides, insect infestations, and wildfire, cause loss of life, resources, and human infrastructure. Disaster riskreduction analysis can be improved with information about past frequency, intensity, and spatial patterns of extreme events. Tree-ring analyses can provide such information: tree rings reflect events as anatomical anomalies or changed growth patterns at an annual- or even sub-annual resolution (Fig. 1). These centuries-long times series of paleo-events are far longer than historical records.

Keywords

dendrochronology, tree-ring analyses

Citation

Sutherland, Elaine Kennedy; Brewer, P.; Gross, W. 2017. Paleo-event data standards for dendrochronology. Past Global Changes Magazine. 25(3): 163.