noaa-historical-22834 The Tallinn, Estonia temperature series reconstructed back half a millennium by use of proxy data Tarand, A.; Nordli, P.Ø. The Tallinn, Estonia temperature series reconstructed back half a millennium by use of proxy data 2017-05-19 NCDC-Paleoclimatology ONLINE Files Pending https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22834 Investigator A. Tarand Investigator P.Ø. Nordli earth science paleoclimate climate reconstructions|historical temperature,null,null,degree Celsius,winter,climate reconstructions|historical,null,null,N,based on ice break-up and rye harvest dates; ice break-up: 1 deg C; max. 3 deg C; rye harvest: 0.4-06. deg C earth science paleoclimate historical ice break-up date,null,null,day of year,null,historical,null,null,N,ice break-up: difference is only 1.3 days with a standard deviation of 8.5 days earth science paleoclimate climate reconstructions|historical age,null,null,year Common Era,null,climate reconstructions|historical,null,null,N,null geoscientificInformation Air Temperature Reconstruction 1500 AD 2000 AD 450 cal yr BP -50 cal yr BP Complete 59.4 59.4 24.75 24.75 10 10 Continent Europe Northern Europe Estonia Tallinn>LATITUDE 59.4>LONGITUDE 24.75 None Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site. English DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data DATA Center Contact Bruce Bauer bruce.a.bauer@noaa.gov paleo@noaa.gov 303-497-6280 303-497-6513

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In order to extend the Tallinn temperature series backward in time, three different climate proxies were used. These were: the first day of ice break-up in Tallinn port, a proxy for the mean winter air temperature (December to March); the first day of ice break-up on the rivers in northern Estonia, a proxy for the beginning of spring; and, the first day of the rye harvest, a proxy for the mean air temperature in spring and summer (April to July). On the basis of these proxies the mean winter temperature could be extended back to the year AD 1500, and the spring and summer temperature back to 1731. The series of winter temperatures was analysed for long-term trends and variations on different timescales. The most striking feature is the warming of the winters from about the mid nineteenth century to the present. The warming is especially noticeable over the latest decades. The climate from the start of the series (AD 1500) to the mid nineteenth century was in general somewhat colder, and should be recognised as a part of the Little Ice Age, though the period was intercepted by warmer winters in the first half of the eighteenth century. STUDY NOTES: In order to extend the Tallinn temperature series backward in time three different climate proxies were used. These were: the first day of ice break-up in Tallinn port a proxy for the mean winter air temperature (December to March); the first day of ice break-up on the rivers in northern Estonia a proxy for the beginning of spring; and the first day of the rye harvest a proxy for the mean air temperature in spring and summer (April to July). On the basis of these proxies the mean winter temperature could be extended back to the year AD 1500 and the spring and summer temperature back to 1731.;The temperature reconstruction is preferred from this site.

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