Krusic - Mount Smolikas EHS09 - PIHE - ITRDB GREE020 Krusic, P.J.; Klippel, L.; Esper, J.; Brandes, R.; Kochbeck, M. Krusic, P.J. Klippel, L. Esper, J. Brandes, R. Kochbeck, M. PIHE Pinus heldreichii Christ Heldreich's pine panzer fohre earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0901a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0903a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0904c; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0909b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0905a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0907a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0910a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0904a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0904b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0909a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0910b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0911b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0902a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0903b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0908b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0907b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (age,null,null,year Common Era,null,tree ring,null,null,N,null) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0906a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0911a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0901b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0902b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0905b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0906b; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree ring (total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: EHS0908a; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999) earth science/paleoclimate/tree-ring (Mount Smolikas>LATITUDE 40.0688>LONGITUDE 20.9068) We present the longest high-elevation tree-ring width dataset in the Mediterranean reaching back to the 6th century CE. The network includes 101 living and 92 relict Pinus heldreichii Christ trees from four differently exposed sites in the 2100-2200 m a.s.l. elevation range of Mt. Smolikas in the Pindus Mountains in Greece. Though the sites were all sampled within a distance of <1 km, inter-site correlations are surprisingly low (r1550-2014 = 0.65-0.87), indicating site exposure might affect tree-ring formation. We here explore the consequence of exposure differences on the climate signals in an eastern Mediterranean treeline ecotone. Temporally stable growth/climate relationships reveal similar seasonal patterns among the four sites, but differences in signal strength. P. heldreichii growth at Mt. Smolikas is significantly controlled by temperature in April (r1951-2014 = 0.33-0.50) and precipitation in June-July (r1951-2014 = 0.23-0.42), which emphasizes the overall importance of an early growth onset and subsequent moisture conditions. The association between stem growth and April climate is strongest in the South-facing stand, supporting the significance of higher insolation rates at this thermally privileged site. Strongest summer precipitation signals are found in the NE-facing stand, where trees seem to benefit least from an early growth onset and where reduced meltwater supply may enhance the dependency on early summer precipitation. The significance of spring temperature on tree growth in all four sites constrains the emergence of a distinct summer precipitation signal in the Mt. Smolikas high elevation ecotone. Exploration of the site-specific influences on a new millennium-long tree-ring width dataset is an important step towards an improved understanding of long-term climate variability in the Eastern Mediterranean. Site-related differences in climate sensitivity in the high-elevation tree-ring network at Mt. Smolikas indicate that both temperature and precipitation during different seasons could potentially be reconstructed if distinct site exposures (S versus NE) are considered. STUDY NOTES: NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2019-02-05. NCDC-Paleoclimatology https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data - Bauer Bruce Investigator : Krusic, P.J. Investigator : Klippel, L. Investigator : Esper, J. Investigator : Brandes, R. Investigator : Kochbeck, M. 2018-08-24 ONLINE Files online, ASCII https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/24978 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/gree020.rwl https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/gree020-noaa.rwl https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/gree020.txt https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/gree020.rwl https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/gree020-noaa.rwl https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/gree020.txt English https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/24978 https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/gree020.rwl https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/gree020-noaa.rwl https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/gree020.txt Lara Klippel, Paul J. Krusic, Robert Brandes, Claudia Hartl, Soumaya Belmecheri, Manuel Dienst, Jan Esper2018A 1286-year hydro-climate reconstruction for the Balkan PeninsulaBoreas10.1111/bor.12320https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bor.12320 Lara Klippel, Paul J. Krusic, Robert Brandes, Claudia Hartl-Meier, Valerie Trouet, Matthew Meko, Jan Esper2017High-elevation inter-site differences in Mount Smolikas tree-ring width dataDendrochronologia44164-17310.1016/j.dendro.2017.05.006https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1125786517300863 START YEAR: 1493 AD * END YEAR: 2015 AD 20.9068 40.0688 20.9068 40.0688