Central Scandinavia 1200 Year MXD April-September Temperature Reconstruction Zhang, P.; Linderholm, H.W.; Gunnarson, B.E.; Björklund, J.; Chen, D. Zhang, P. Linderholm, H.W. Gunnarson, B.E. Björklund, J. Chen, D. Air Temperature Reconstruction PISY Pinus sylvestris L. Scots pine Scotch pine earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|tree ring (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,climate reconstructions|tree ring,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/climate reconstructions|tree ring (surface temperature,ring density,null,degree Celsius,Apr-Sep,climate reconstructions|tree ring,anomalized,regression analysis,N,based on latewood density; anomaly from 1961-1990 period; simple linear regression) earth science/paleoclimate/reconstructions (Jämtland Sweden>LATITUDE >LONGITUDE ) Despite the emergence of new high-resolution temperature reconstructions around the world, only a few cover the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA). Here we present C-Scan, a new Scots pine tree-ring density-based reconstruction of warm-season (April-September) temperatures for central Scandinavia back to 850 CE, extending the previous reconstruction by 250 years. C-Scan is based on samples collected in a confined mountain region, adjusted for their differences in altitude and local environment, and standardised using the new RSFi algorithm to preserve low-frequency signals. In C-Scan, the warm peak of MCA occurs ca. 1000-1100 CE, and the Little Ice Age (LIA) between 1550 and 1900 CE. Moreover, during the last millennium the coldest decades are found around 1600 CE, and the warmest 10 and 30 years occur in the most recent century. By comparing C-Scan with other millennium-long temperature reconstructions from Fennoscandia, regional differences in multi-decadal temperature variability, especially during the warm period of the last millennium are revealed. Although these differences could be due to methodological reasons, they may indicate asynchronous warming patterns across Fennoscandia. Further investigation of these regional differences and the reasons and mechanisms behind them are needed. STUDY NOTES: Central Scandinavia (C-Scan) 1200-year warm season (April-September) mean temperature reconstruction, based on tree-ring maximum density (MXD) data from Jämtland, Sweden, standardized using the RSFi algorithm, a hybrid of Regional Curve Standardization (RCS) and individual Signal-Free (SF) standardisation. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Zhang, P. Investigator : Linderholm, H.W. Investigator : Gunnarson, B.E. Investigator : Björklund, J. Investigator : Chen, D. 2016-08-18 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/20429 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/reconstructions/europe/c-scan2016mxd-temp.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/reconstructions/europe/c-scan2016mxd-temp.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/20429 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/reconstructions/europe/c-scan2016mxd-temp.txt Peng Zhang, Hans W. Linderholm, Björn E. Gunnarson, Jesper Björklund, and Deliang Chen20161200 years of warm-season temperature variability in central Scandinavia inferred from tree-ring densityClimate of the Past121297-131210.5194/cp-12-1297-2016http://www.clim-past.net/12/1297/2016/ START YEAR: 850 AD * END YEAR: 2011 AD 13.2 62.8 14.9 63.2