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NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Knight - Well's Draw update - PIED - ITRDB UT528

browse graphicPaleoclimatology - Tree Ring
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 (width) with a geographic location of Utah, United States Of America. The time period coverage is from 2168 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.
  • Cite as: Knight, T.A. (2011-06-09): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Knight - Well's Draw update - PIED - ITRDB UT528. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/787v-nk38. Accessed [date].
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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 DescriptionDate Range: -218 CE to 2007 CE; Date Range: 2168 cal yr BP to -57 cal yr BP;
Time Period-218 to 2007
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates
N: 39.8333
S: 39.8333
E: -110.1667
W: -110.1667
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General Documentation
Associated Resources
  • The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American Cordillera
    • Associated Reference published 2011
      Gregory T. Pederson, Stephen T. Gray, Connie A. Woodhouse, Julio L. Betancourt, Daniel B. Fagre, Jeremy S. Littell, Emma Watson, Brian H. Luckman, Lisa J. Graumlich, 2011: The unusual nature of recent snowpack declines in the North American Cordillera. Science, 333, 332-335, 10.1126/science.1201570
Publication Dates
  • publication: 2011-06-09
Data Presentation Form Digital table - digital representation of facts or figures systematically displayed, especially in columns
Dataset Progress StatusComplete - production of the data has been completed
Data Update Frequency Data update frequency not available
Supplemental Information
STUDY NOTES: Purpose of Collection: Climatology - Snowpack reconstruction. The Well's Draw Update data set will be re-posted to the ITRDB by Troy Knight upon completion of research utilizing the data.
ABSTRACT SUPPLIED BY ORIGINATOR: In western North America, snowpack has declined in recent decades, and further losses are projected through the 21st century. Here, we evaluate the uniqueness of recent declines using snowpack reconstructions from 66 tree-ring chronologies in key runoff-generating areas of the Colorado, Columbia, and Missouri River drainages. Over the past millennium, late 20th century snowpack reductions are almost unprecedented in magnitude across the northern Rocky Mountains and in their north-south synchrony across the cordillera. Both the snowpack declines and their synchrony result from unparalleled springtime warming that is due to positive reinforcement of the anthropogenic warming by decadal variability. The increasing role of warming on large-scale snowpack variability and trends foreshadows fundamental impacts on streamflow and water supplies across the western United States.
PurposeTree 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
Dataset Citation
  • Cite as: Knight, T.A. (2011-06-09): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Knight - Well's Draw update - PIED - ITRDB UT528. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/787v-nk38. Accessed [date].
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Cited Authors
  • Knight, T.A.
Originators
  • Knight, T.A.
Publishers
  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Theme keywordsGlobal Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Climate Indicators > Paleoclimate Indicators > Biological Records > Tree Rings
  • Earth Science > Paleoclimate > Land Records > Tree Rings
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
  • earth science > paleoclimate > tree-ring > width
  • drought
  • hydrology
  • PIED
  • Pinus edulis Engelm.
  • pinyon
  • Colorado pinyon
Data Center keywordsGlobal 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 > Utah > Well's Draw > LATITUDE 39.8333 > LONGITUDE -110.1667
Use Constraints
  • Cite as: Knight, T.A. (2011-06-09): NOAA/WDS Paleoclimatology - Knight - Well's Draw update - PIED - ITRDB UT528. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/787v-nk38. Accessed [date].
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