GEOG5839.01. Introduction to Dendrochronology
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The document discusses dendrochronology, exploring its role in understanding climate change, environmental hazards, and natural history through the study of tree rings. It outlines various topics related to tree growth, weather impact, and historical analysis techniques. The course structure includes discussions, laboratory exercises, and project work.
GEOG5839.01. Introduction to Dendrochronology
- 1. GEOG5839 INTRODUCTION TO DENDRO CHRONOLOGY
- 3. 2012 Mar-May temperature anomaly h p://www.giss.nasa.gov/
- 4. QUESTION Is it unusual for the world to be this warm?
- 5. Low reservoir Source: Glen MacDonald
- 6. QUESTION Is there enough water in the Colorado River to satisfy the expected need?
- 8. QUESTION When were these dwellings constructed (and abandoned) and why?
- 10. QUESTION How does weather and climate affect the risk and severity of forest fires?
- 11. Source: U.S. Coast Guard, Lt. Brendan Evans
- 12. QUESTION How often do natural hazards like floods occur, and what factors make them more or less likely?
- 13. “ Three li le words achingly familiar on the Western farmer's tongue, rule life in the dust bowl of the continent – if it rains. Associated Press ” April 15, 1935
- 15. “ There is nothing magical about the last one hundred years. Dr. Balaji Rajagopalan University of Colorado ”
- 16. CLIMATE HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA Younger Demise of Laurentide Dryas Ice Sheet 20 16 12 8 4 0 THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO Final Drainage of Lake Agassiz LAST GLACIAL MODERN MAXIMUM OBSERVATIONS
- 18. Tree at Chancellorsville Source: Andy Frasse o
- 19. Tree-ring display at elementary school Source: Tom Swetnam
- 20. DENDROCHRONOLOGY IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST COUNTING TREE RINGS.
- 21. “ The trees composing the forest rejoice and lament with its successes and failures and carry year by year something of its story in their annual rings.” A. E. Douglass University of Arizona
- 27. 27 St.. George and Nielsen, The Holocene, 2003
- 28. Giant sequoia 3,266 years Source: Julie Jordan Sco
- 29. Intermountain bristlecone pine 4,844 years Source: Tom Harlan
- 30. The Seward Oak 330 years? Source: Ralph Sievert
- 31. Eastern white cedar (in Minnesota) 560 years Source: Danny Margoles
- 33. “ Tree-ring analysis is one of the most powerful tools available for the study of environmental change and the identification of fundamental relationships ” between tree growth and climate. Ed Cook and Neil Pederson Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- 37. The science of dendrochronology uses information encoded into the annual growth rings of trees to address issues related to climate change, hazards, ecology and natural history.
- 38. September 6 What are tree rings?
- 39. September 18 How does weather affect tree growth? Source: Paul Schulte
- 40. September 20 The principle of cross-dating h p://esp.cr.usgs.gov/data/atlas/li le/
- 41. The Longest Tree-Ring Record In The Americas. 8,500 Years
- 42. October 23 The history of dendrochronology
- 46. November 6 Dendroecology Source: Whitney Crawford
- 47. November 8 Dendrogeomorphology Source: Erica Bigio
- 52. Exercise Tree anatomy Source: Fritz Schweingruber
- 60. GEOG5839 ABOUT ME
- 71. 25% In-class discussion Laboratory exercises 30% 40% Project and final report Final exercise 5%
- 73. GEOG3839 XT C L AS S NE Source: Fri s Schweingruber