# northamerica_canada_cana291 - Prelude Lake - 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_cana291 - Prelude Lake - 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: Prelude Lake
#	Location:
#	Country: Canada
#	Northernmost_Latitude: 62.55
#	Southernmost_Latitude: 62.55
#	Easternmost_Longitude: -113.85
#	Westernmost_Longitude: -113.85
#	Elevation: 197 m
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# Data_Collection
#	Collection_Name: northamerica_canada_cana291B
#	Earliest_Year: 1863
#	Most_Recent_Year: 2005
#	Time_Unit: y_ad
#	Core_Length:
#	Notes: {"sensitivity":"moisture"}{"T1":"4.89992637412"}{"T2":"16.2724789496"}{"M1":"0.0230104392496"}{"M2":"0.443030197211"}
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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
1863	1.093
1864	0.701
1865	0.71
1866	1.296
1867	1.146
1868	0.991
1869	0.758
1870	1.532
1871	1.415
1872	1.366
1873	1.052
1874	0.877
1875	0.695
1876	0.781
1877	0.892
1878	0.954
1879	0.828
1880	1.104
1881	0.344
1882	0.331
1883	0.392
1884	0.487
1885	0.768
1886	0.523
1887	0.974
1888	0.802
1889	1.346
1890	0.999
1891	0.838
1892	1.224
1893	0.647
1894	1.433
1895	1.267
1896	1.047
1897	0.885
1898	1.496
1899	1.257
1900	1.054
1901	1.139
1902	0.917
1903	1.251
1904	0.682
1905	0.927
1906	1.431
1907	1.612
1908	1.156
1909	1.396
1910	1.335
1911	1.201
1912	1.028
1913	1.048
1914	0.828
1915	0.898
1916	0.718
1917	0.834
1918	0.993
1919	1.336
1920	0.902
1921	0.951
1922	1.579
1923	1.026
1924	1.258
1925	0.954
1926	1.074
1927	0.45
1928	0.476
1929	0.946
1930	0.926
1931	1.014
1932	1.369
1933	1.205
1934	1.037
1935	0.936
1936	0.76
1937	0.782
1938	0.677
1939	0.747
1940	0.661
1941	1.142
1942	0.562
1943	0.862
1944	0.895
1945	0.847
1946	0.734
1947	0.469
1948	0.927
1949	0.746
1950	0.596
1951	1.214
1952	0.781
1953	0.789
1954	0.829
1955	0.979
1956	1.083
1957	1.409
1958	0.684
1959	0.932
1960	1.1
1961	0.771
1962	1.067
1963	1.224
1964	0.817
1965	1.188
1966	0.965
1967	0.767
1968	0.694
1969	0.475
1970	0.911
1971	0.734
1972	0.745
1973	0.641
1974	1.254
1975	0.617
1976	1.083
1977	0.918
1978	0.906
1979	1.004
1980	1.114
1981	1.268
1982	0.839
1983	1.022
1984	1.369
1985	0.998
1986	1.409
1987	1.28
1988	1.462
1989	1.05
1990	1.205
1991	1.493
1992	1.405
1993	0.446
1994	1.014
1995	0.565
1996	1.153
1997	1.236
1998	1.015
1999	0.813
2000	0.804
2001	1.037
2002	0.971
2003	1.067
2004	0.751
2005	1.334