Lago Plomo 600 Year Sediment Brightness and Summer Temperature Reconstruction Elbert, J.; Jacques-Coper, M.; Van Daele, M.; Urrutia, R.; Grosjean, M. Elbert, J. Jacques-Coper, M. Van Daele, M. Urrutia, R. Grosjean, M. Air Temperature Reconstruction earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|paleolimnology (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,climate reconstructions|paleolimnology,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|paleolimnology (surface temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,Sep-Feb,climate reconstructions|paleolimnology,null,null,N,based on sediment brightness) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (depth,null,null,centimeter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (depth,null,null,millimeter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|paleolimnology (surface temperature,null,95% confidence interval lower bound,degree Celsius,Sep-Feb,climate reconstructions|paleolimnology,null,null,N,based on sediment brightness) earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|paleolimnology (surface temperature,null,95% confidence interval upper bound,degree Celsius,Sep-Feb,climate reconstructions|paleolimnology,null,null,N,based on sediment brightness) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (varve thickness,sediment,null,millimeter,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,cumulative varve thickness) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (reflectance,sediment,null,percent,null,paleolimnology,null,null,N,% reflectance 400-730 nm) earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology earth science/paleoclimate/paleolimnology (Lago Plomo>LATITUDE -46.9833>LONGITUDE -72.8667) High-resolution records of calibrated proxy data for the past millennium are fundamental to place current changes into the context of pre-industrial natural forced and unforced variability. Although the need for regional spatially-explicit comprehensive reconstructions is widely recognized, the proxy data sources are still scarce, particularly for the Southern Hemisphere and especially for South America. We present a 600-year long warm season temperature record from varved sediments of Lago Plomo, a proglacial lake of the Northern Patagonian Ice field in Southern Chile (46deg59'S, 72deg52'W, 203 m a.s.l.). The thickness of the bright summer sediment layer relative to the dark winter layer (measured as total brightness; % reflectance 400-730 nm) is calibrated against warm season SONDJF temperature (1900-2009; r = 0.58, p(aut) = 0.056, RE = 0.52; CE = 0.15, RMSEP = 0.28C; five-year triangular filtered data). In Lago Plomo, warm summer temperatures lead to enhanced glacier melt and suspended sediment transport, which results in thicker light summer layers and to brighter sediments. Although Patagonia shows pronounced regional differences in decadal temperature trends and variability, the 600 years temperature reconstruction from Lago Plomo compares favourably with other regional/continental temperature records, but also emphasizes significant regional differences for which no data and information existed so far. These regional differences seem to be real as they are also reflected in modern climate data sets (1900-2010). The reconstruction shows pronounced subdecadal - multidecadal variability with cold phases during parts of the Little Ice Age (16th and 18th centuries) and in the beginning of the 20th century. The most prominent warm phase is the 19th century which is as warm as the second half of the 20th century. The exceptional summer warmth AD 1780-1810 is also found in other archives of Northern Patagonia and Central Chile. Our record shows the delayed 20th century warming in the Southern Hemisphere. The comparison between winter precipitation and summer temperature (inter-seasonal coupling) from Lago Plomo reveals alternating phases with parallel and contrasting decadal trends of winter precipitation and summer temperature (positive and negative running correlations Rwinter PP; summer TT). This observation from the sediment proxy data is also confirmed by two sets of reanalysis data for the 20th century. Reanalysis data show that phases with negative correlations between winter precipitation and summer temperature (e.g., dry winters and warm summers) at Lago Plomo are characteristic for periods when circumpolar Westerly flow is displaced southward and enhanced around 60S. STUDY NOTES: Sediment total brightness, varve-based age model, and summer (SONDJF) temperature reconstruction for the past 600 years from core PLO2011, Lago Plomo, Chile. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Elbert, J. Investigator : Jacques-Coper, M. Investigator : Van Daele, M. Investigator : Urrutia, R. Investigator : Grosjean, M. 2015-02-23 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/18036 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015brightness.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015temp.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015age.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015brightness.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015temp.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015age.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/18036 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015brightness.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015temp.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/paleolimnology/southamerica/chile/plomo2015age.txt Julie Elbert, Martin Jacques-Coper, Maarten Van Daele, Roberto Urrutia, Martin Grosjean2015A 600 years warm-season temperature record from varved sediments of Lago Plomo, Northern Patagonia, Chile (47°S)Quaternary International10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.004http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618215000105 START YEAR: 468 AD * END YEAR: 2001 AD -72.8667 -46.9833 -72.8667 -46.9833