International Dendroecological Fieldweek-2006, Mongolia

Tree Ring Laboratory 

Tree Ring Laboratory at the Department of Forestry, National University of Mongolia established in 1998 by prof. BAATARBILEG Nachin with cooperation and support Tree Ring Laboratory at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University in New York. 

The main goal of the Laboratory is to develop Tree Ring based studies in Mongolia. Main interests are dendroclimatology, dendroecology and dendrophyrology. Moreover, since 2003, we are more focused on working with new field of science, dendroarchaeology (usage of Tree Ring methods in archeological science) collaborating with study of wood anatomy.

Tree-Ring Lab members are dedicated to expanding the use application of tree-ring research around the Mongolia to improve our understanding of past climate and environmental history. Current research concentrates on the use of tree-ring data networks to study regional climate, global climate teleconnections and anthropogenic impacts on tree growth.

Exploring tree species in the local regions, building collaborations around the world, and developing new quantitative techniques, the members are committed to advancing the sciences of dendrochronology and paleoclimatology, as well as the ethic of good science. Tree-ring dating of the Temples and Monasteries may help find exact date of Temples and Monastery's history.  At the same time, many historic buildings preserve construction timbers that were often cut from the virgin forests. Tree-ring samples extracted from these early historic buildings are therefore quite valuable for the extension of the tree-ring chronologies derived from living trees further into prehistory.