# Wilson - Seminargasse 8-1 Straubing Historical Timbers - PCAB - ITRDB GERM136 #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Template Version 3.0 # Encoding: UTF-8 # NOTE: Please cite original publication, online resource and date accessed when using these data, # If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource and date accessed. # # Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/12850 # Description: NOAA Landing Page of study # Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/germ136-noaa.rwl # Description: Raw Measurements - NOAA Template File # Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/germ136.rwl # Description: Raw Measurements - Tucson Decadal File # # Archive: Treering # # Dataset_DOI: # # Parameter_Keywords: ring width #------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2010-06-23 #------------------- # File_Last_Modified_Date # Date: 2019-02-05 #------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Wilson - Seminargasse 8-1 Straubing Historical Timbers - PCAB - ITRDB GERM136 #------------------- # Investigators: Wilson, R.J.S. #------------------- # Description_Notes_and_Keywords # Description: Purpose of Collection: # Hydroclimatic reconstructions # # # References: # Wilson, R.J.S. and W. Elling. 2004. # Temporal instabilities of tree-growth/climate response # in the Lower Bavarian Forest Region: Implications for # dendroclimatic reconstruction. # Trees: Structure and Function, 18 (1): 19-28. # # Wilson, R.J.S., J. Esper, and B.H. Luckman. 2004. # Utilising Historical Tree-Ring Data for Dendroclimatology: # A Case study from the Bavarian Forest, Germany. # Dendrochronologia. 21 (2): 53-68. # # Wilson, R.J.S., B.H. Luckman, and J. Esper. 2005. # A 500-Year Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Spring/Summer # Precipitation from the Lower Bavarian Forest Region, Germany. # International Journal of Climatology, 25: 611-630. # # # Notes: # Bavarian Forest Region Historical Timbers # # NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2019-02-05. #------------------- # Publication # Authors: # Journal_Name: International Journal of Climatology # Published_Title: A 500-Year Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Spring/Summer Precipitation from the Lower Bavarian Forest Region, Germany # Published_Date_or_Year: 2005 # Volume: # Pages: # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1002/joc.1150 # Full_Citation: Wilson, R.J.S., B.H. Luckman, and J. Esper. 2005. # A 500-Year Dendroclimatic Reconstruction of Spring/Summer # Precipitation from the Lower Bavarian Forest Region, Germany. # International Journal of Climatology, 25: 611-630. # # Abstract: This paper presents a 500 year March-August precipitation reconstruction for the Bavarian Forest region of southeast # Germany based on a composite, well-replicated data set of 676 living and historical tree-ring width series from Norway # spruce. Two versions of the chronology are developed. The cubic smoothing spline (SPL) chronology, standardized # with a fixed 80 year spline function, retains decadal and higher frequency variation. The regional curve standardization # (RCS) chronology uses regional curve standardization to retain additional lower frequency variation from the same # data. Calibration (1879-1978) of these chronologies with March-August precipitation indicates they explain 40% (SPL) # and 34% (RCS) of the variability in the instrumental precipitation record. The SPL reconstruction models the high frequency # variation better, whereas the RCS reconstruction tracks the low-frequency trends more robustly. It suggests # that spring-summer precipitation was above the long-term average for the periods 1730-1810 and 1870-2000, about # average between 1560 and 1610 and that significantly drier periods occurred during 1510-60, 1610-35, 1660-1730 and # 1830-70. The low-frequency trends of the RCS reconstruction during the 19th century were verified by comparison with a # regional precipitation series derived from 14 long precipitation records from central Europe. Better verification results were # obtained using the original (non-homogenized) records over this interval. These results suggest that some low-frequency # variability may have been removed during correction of these early records. Periods of synchronous decadal variability # were observed between the SPL series and independent dendroclimatic reconstructions from central Europe. The RCS # reconstruction is the first dendroclimatic precipitation reconstruction in Europe to capture low-frequency information. # These long-term trends, however, are difficult to verify owing to the paucity of other proxy precipitation records in # central Europe that portray low-frequency information. Further verification and testing of the RCS reconstruction will # require the development of additional reconstructions from tree-rings (or other proxy data series) that similarly target # low-frequency variability. #------------------- # Site Information # Site_Name: Seminargasse 8-1 Straubing # Location: Bavaria # Northernmost_Latitude: 48.8833 # Southernmost_Latitude: 48.8833 # Easternmost_Longitude: 12.5667 # Westernmost_Longitude: 12.5667 # Elevation: #------------------- # Data Collection # Collection_Name: GERM136 # Earliest_Year: 1754 # Most_Recent_Year: 1874 # Time_Unit: AD # Notes: #------------------- # Species # Species_Name: Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. # Common_Name: Norway spruce # Tree_Species_Code: PCAB #------------------- # Chronology_Information # Chronology: #--------------------- # Variables # Data variables follow that are preceded by '##' in columns one and two. # Variables list, one per line; shortname-tab- components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data,additional information) ## age_CE age,,,year Common Era,,tree ring,,,N, ## SMD01_raw total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: SMD01; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 ## SMD02_raw total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: SMD02; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 ## SMD04_raw total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: SMD04; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 #--------------------- # Data: # Missing_Values: NA age_CE SMD01_raw SMD02_raw SMD04_raw 1754 1947 NaN NaN 1755 2001 NaN NaN 1756 2043 NaN NaN 1757 3567 NaN NaN 1758 4081 NaN NaN 1759 3587 NaN NaN 1760 3032 NaN NaN 1761 2387 NaN NaN 1762 2050 NaN NaN 1763 2713 NaN NaN 1764 2393 NaN NaN 1765 3237 NaN NaN 1766 3384 NaN NaN 1767 2738 NaN NaN 1768 2913 5166 NaN 1769 3518 5884 NaN 1770 3095 5966 NaN 1771 2990 5085 NaN 1772 2517 4462 NaN 1773 1805 3175 NaN 1774 1643 3174 NaN 1775 1488 2833 5892 1776 2406 2602 5084 1777 1476 3179 5795 1778 1199 2649 4650 1779 1830 3974 5038 1780 1842 3140 4383 1781 2598 3328 4469 1782 2375 3291 4193 1783 2282 2712 5252 1784 1470 3121 3178 1785 2300 3573 5059 1786 1773 3354 4664 1787 1919 3001 4035 1788 1755 1804 2552 1789 1671 2920 4087 1790 1957 2360 1652 1791 1882 2061 3033 1792 2007 2179 2840 1793 1976 1799 2677 1794 1703 1359 1821 1795 1906 1891 2499 1796 2230 1852 3114 1797 1533 1619 2731 1798 1480 1379 2662 1799 1435 1663 2472 1800 1466 1746 2287 1801 1308 2355 2301 1802 945 1463 2284 1803 853 1225 2061 1804 1204 1787 1993 1805 1289 1583 2483 1806 1042 1635 2208 1807 833 1428 1188 1808 942 1492 1315 1809 1089 1371 1420 1810 1011 1308 1313 1811 853 795 1044 1812 364 872 568 1813 877 1069 1035 1814 1000 1224 1339 1815 1212 1245 1108 1816 1374 1220 1048 1817 1149 1005 900 1818 819 548 883 1819 1178 555 799 1820 998 469 797 1821 788 603 950 1822 772 444 751 1823 822 326 845 1824 1179 375 965 1825 845 551 996 1826 948 688 1100 1827 474 342 970 1828 804 433 1002 1829 793 404 1127 1830 491 294 1058 1831 665 441 1027 1832 899 554 -9999 1833 923 588 NaN 1834 759 428 NaN 1835 904 211 NaN 1836 704 210 NaN 1837 466 226 NaN 1838 587 174 NaN 1839 777 278 NaN 1840 721 294 NaN 1841 805 400 NaN 1842 757 473 NaN 1843 1034 576 NaN 1844 1155 742 NaN 1845 1274 728 NaN 1846 810 404 NaN 1847 976 683 NaN 1848 845 701 NaN 1849 706 567 NaN 1850 629 534 NaN 1851 716 692 NaN 1852 617 569 NaN 1853 751 655 NaN 1854 750 791 NaN 1855 769 520 NaN 1856 766 785 NaN 1857 959 624 NaN 1858 594 384 NaN 1859 734 608 NaN 1860 816 715 NaN 1861 816 601 NaN 1862 782 530 NaN 1863 869 645 NaN 1864 922 667 NaN 1865 574 644 NaN 1866 582 625 NaN 1867 643 485 NaN 1868 652 507 NaN 1869 380 436 NaN 1870 388 570 NaN 1871 477 511 NaN 1872 444 290 NaN 1873 642 623 NaN 1874 -9999 516 NaN