White spruce tree-ring-width data in Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory, 2007-2008

The purpose of this research is to develop climatically sensitive tree ring records from the Old Crow Flats region. It is hoped that these records will extend the temporally short instrumental climate record from Old Crow which currently only covers the period 1951-2004. Such a short record makes it difficult to assess long-term climate trends and variability and accurately define baseline climatic conditions. By using proxy data sources such as tree ring growth records, we can extend the short instrumental climate record further back in time. It is anticipated that this research will produce climatically-sensitive tree ring chronologies extending over the past 2-3 centuries.