# northamerica_canada_cana284 - Settling Pond - Breitenmoser Tree Ring Chronology Data
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# Archive: Tree Rings
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# Contribution_Date
#	Date: 2016-01-07
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# Title
#	Study_Name: northamerica_canada_cana284 - Settling Pond - Breitenmoser Tree Ring Chronology Data
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# Investigators
#	Investigators:  Breitenmoser, P.; Bronnimann, S.; Frank, D.
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# Description_and_Notes
#	Description: Data from Breitenmoser 2014 Journal of past Climate supplementary, see publication for ARSTAN standardization details
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# Publication
#	Authors: Breitenmoser, P.; Bronnimann, S.; Frank, D.
#	Published_Date_or_Year: 2014-03-11
#	Published_Title: Forward modelling of tree-ring width and comparison with a global network of tree-ring chronologies
#	Journal_Name: Climate of the Past
#	Volume: 10 
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#	Pages: 437-449
#	DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-437-2014
#	Online_Resource: www.clim-past.net/10/437/2014/
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#	Abstract: We investigate relationships between climate and tree-ring data on a global scale using the process-based Vaganov–Shashkin Lite (VSL) forward model of tree-ring width formation. The VSL model requires as inputs only latitude, monthly mean temperature, and monthly accumulated precipitation. Hence, this simple, process-based model enables ring-width simulation at any location where monthly climate records exist. In this study, we analyse the growth response of simulated tree rings to monthly climate conditions obtained from the CRU TS3.1 data set back to 1901. Our key aims are (a) to assess the VSL model performance by examining the relations between simulated and observed growth at 2287 globally distributed sites, (b) indentify optimal growth parameters found during the model calibration, and (c) to evaluate the potential of the VSL model as an observation operator for data-assimilation-based reconstructions of climate from tree-ring width. The assessment of the growth-onset threshold temperature of approximately 4–6 C for most sites and species using a Bayesian estimation approach complements other studies on the lower temperature limits where plant growth may be sustained. Our results suggest that the VSL model skilfully simulates site level treering series in response to climate forcing for a wide range of environmental conditions and species. Spatial aggregation of the tree-ring chronologies to reduce non-climatic noise at the site level yielded notable improvements in the coherence between modelled and actual growth. The resulting distinct and coherent patterns of significant relationships between the aggregated and simulated series further demonstrate the VSL model’s ability to skilfully capture the climatic signal contained in tree-ring series. Finally, we propose that the VSL model can be used as an observation operator in data assimilation approaches to reconstruct past climate.
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# Funding_Agency
#	Funding_Agency_Name: Swiss National Science Foundation
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# Site_Information
#	Site_Name: Settling Pond
#	Location:
#	Country: Canada
#	Northernmost_Latitude: 62.52
#	Southernmost_Latitude: 62.52
#	Easternmost_Longitude: -114.35
#	Westernmost_Longitude: -114.35
#	Elevation: 189 m
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# Data_Collection
#	Collection_Name: northamerica_canada_cana284B
#	Earliest_Year: 1874
#	Most_Recent_Year: 2005
#	Time_Unit: y_ad
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#	Notes: {"sensitivity":"moisture"}{"T1":"5.21759785911"}{"T2":"17.4914598079"}{"M1":"0.0224510373428"}{"M2":"0.380249227509"}
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# Species
#	Species_Name: jack pine
#	Species_Code: PIBN
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# Variables
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# Data variables follow that are preceded by ## in columns one and two.
# Data line variables format:  Variables list, one per line, shortname-tab-longname-tab-longname components (9 components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data)
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##age	age, , ,years AD, , , , ,N
##trsgi	tree ring standardized growth index, tree ring, ,percent relative to mean growth, , Tree Rings, , ,N
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# Data:
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age	trsgi
1874	1.154
1875	0.633
1876	0.375
1877	0.344
1878	0.68
1879	0.899
1880	1.292
1881	1.196
1882	1.881
1883	1.11
1884	0.93
1885	1.153
1886	0.653
1887	0.758
1888	0.769
1889	1.323
1890	0.898
1891	1.014
1892	1.091
1893	0.778
1894	1.494
1895	1.156
1896	1.513
1897	1.065
1898	1.084
1899	1.102
1900	0.903
1901	1.097
1902	0.756
1903	1.25
1904	0.675
1905	0.9
1906	1.179
1907	1.469
1908	0.747
1909	1.114
1910	1.283
1911	1.194
1912	0.975
1913	1.003
1914	0.767
1915	0.724
1916	0.707
1917	0.805
1918	0.893
1919	1.324
1920	0.863
1921	1.231
1922	1.571
1923	1.19
1924	1.356
1925	0.856
1926	0.931
1927	0.399
1928	0.515
1929	0.839
1930	0.901
1931	0.968
1932	0.85
1933	1.065
1934	0.934
1935	0.997
1936	0.94
1937	0.878
1938	0.872
1939	0.724
1940	0.616
1941	1.072
1942	0.328
1943	0.611
1944	0.77
1945	0.766
1946	0.714
1947	0.986
1948	1.525
1949	1.421
1950	1.057
1951	1.708
1952	0.829
1953	0.831
1954	0.864
1955	0.944
1956	0.895
1957	1.533
1958	0.56
1959	0.648
1960	0.83
1961	1.251
1962	1.174
1963	1.492
1964	0.773
1965	1.146
1966	0.693
1967	0.247
1968	0.39
1969	0.487
1970	0.836
1971	0.753
1972	0.816
1973	0.711
1974	1.45
1975	0.791
1976	1.128
1977	1.203
1978	0.991
1979	0.973
1980	1.338
1981	1.726
1982	1.041
1983	0.879
1984	1.202
1985	0.848
1986	1.125
1987	1.353
1988	1.578
1989	1.037
1990	0.891
1991	1.284
1992	1.384
1993	0.801
1994	1.133
1995	0.388
1996	0.71
1997	0.604
1998	0.915
1999	0.809
2000	0.975
2001	1.295
2002	1.163
2003	1.119
2004	0.83
2005	1.148