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Reconstructions of annual summer precipitation and temperature in north-central China since 1470 AD based on drought/flood index and tree-ring records

Climatic change, 2012-01, Vol.110 (1-2), p.469-498 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 ;2015 INIST-CNRS ;ISSN: 0165-0009 ;EISSN: 1573-1480 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0052-6 ;CODEN: CLCHDX

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  • Title:
    Reconstructions of annual summer precipitation and temperature in north-central China since 1470 AD based on drought/flood index and tree-ring records
  • Author: Yi, Liang ; Yu, Hongjun ; Ge, Junyi ; Lai, Zhongping ; Xu, Xingyong ; Qin, Li ; Peng, Shuzhen
  • Subjects: Alternations ; Atmospheric Sciences ; China ; Climate ; Climate change ; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts ; Climatology. Bioclimatology. Climate change ; Cold ; Drought ; Droughts ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Earth Sciences ; Earth, ocean, space ; Exact sciences and technology ; External geophysics ; Floods ; Heat ; High temperature ; Laboratories ; Meteorology ; Pandas ; Plant growth ; Precipitation ; Reconstruction ; Summer ; Temperature ; Trees ; Wind
  • Is Part Of: Climatic change, 2012-01, Vol.110 (1-2), p.469-498
  • Description: The understanding of the ongoing climate change needs high-resolution records of the past, which are difficult to obtain in north-central China. Historical documents are unique materials for high-resolution (up to season) climate change reconstruction. Here, we report an attempt of quantitative climate reconstruction covering the main part of north-central China, by combining historical drought/flood index and tree-ring data. The rigorous verification tests confirm the fidelity of transfer functions used in the reconstructions. The precipitation and temperature anomalies/intervals were then defined based on the reconstructions. Finally, the intensity of several big droughts recorded in historical documents was re-examined and the dominant and recessive patterns of heat/water changes within the study area were identified. We concluded that (1) the droughts, occurred during the years of 1484 AD, 1585–1587 AD, 1689–1691 AD, 1784–1786 AD and 1876–1878 AD, were the results of rainless and torrid combination; (2) the droughts, occurred during the years of 1560–1561 AD, 1599–1601 AD, 1609 AD, 1615–1617 AD, 1638–1641 AD and 1899–1901 AD, were first caused by rainless summer, and then controlled by low precipitation and/or high temperature; (3) the droughts, occurred during the years of 1527–1529 AD, 1720–1722 AD, 1813–1814 AD, 1856–1857 AD and 1926–1930 AD, were first caused by torrid summer, and then controlled by both low precipitation and high temperature; (4) the dominant climate pattern within the study area consisted of warm–dry and cold–wet alternations, and the recessive pattern consisted of cold–dry and warm–wet alternations. We also showed that the drought/flood index is a valuable climate proxy in quantitative reconstructions, especially in places where tree-ring data is not available.
  • Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0165-0009
    EISSN: 1573-1480
    DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0052-6
    CODEN: CLCHDX
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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