noaa-ocean-18756 Salt Pond, Massachusetts 2000 Year Storm Event Frequency Data Donnelly, J.P.; Hawkes, A.D.; Lane, P.; MacDonald, D.; Shuman, B.N.; Toomey, M.R.; van Hengstum, P.J.; Woodruff, J.D. Salt Pond, Massachusetts 2000 Year Storm Event Frequency Data 2015-06-04 NCDC-Paleoclimatology ONLINE Files Pending https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/18756 Investigator J.P. Donnelly Investigator A.D. Hawkes Investigator P. Lane Investigator D. MacDonald Investigator B.N. Shuman Investigator M.R. Toomey Investigator P.J. van Hengstum Investigator J.D. Woodruff earth science paleoclimate paleoceanography event layer,null,null,count,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,overwash event earth science paleoclimate paleoceanography event layer,null,null,count per century,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,overwash event earth science paleoclimate paleoceanography sand,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,>63um earth science paleoclimate paleoceanography event layer,null,null,count per year,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,overwash event earth science paleoclimate paleoceanography age,null,null,year Common Era,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null earth science paleoclimate paleoceanography depth,null,null,centimeter,null,paleoceanography,null,null,N,null earth science paleoclimate paleoceanography sand,null,null,percent,null,paleoceanography,anomalized,null,N,>63um; positive anomaly earth science paleoclimate paleocean physical properties earth science paleoclimate paleocean reconstruction geoscientificInformation Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones Reconstruction 0 AD 2013 AD 1950 cal yr BP -63 cal yr BP Complete 41.54478 41.54478 -70.62617 -70.62617 0 0 Continent North America United States Of America Massachusetts Salt Pond>LATITUDE 41.54478>LONGITUDE -70.62617 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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Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA online ASCII Jeffrey P. Donnelly, Andrea D. Hawkes, Philip Lane, Dana MacDonald, Bryan N. Shuman, Michael R. Toomey, Peter J. van Hengstum, Jonathan D. Woodruff 2015 Earth's Future 3 2 49-65 10.1002/2014EF000274 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EF000274/full

How climate controls hurricane variability has critical implications for society is not well understood. In part, our understanding is hampered by the short and incomplete observational hurricane record. Here we present a synthesis of intense-hurricane activity from the western North Atlantic over the past two millennia, which is supported by a new, exceptionally well-resolved record from Salt Pond, Massachusetts (USA). At Salt Pond, three coarse grained event beds deposited in the historical interval are consistent with severe hurricanes in 1991 (Bob), 1675, and 1635 C.E., and provide modern analogs for 32 other prehistoric event beds. Two intervals of heightened frequency of event bed deposition between 1400 and 1675 C.E. (10 events) and 150 and 1150 C.E. (23 events), represent the local expression of coherent regional patterns in intense-hurricane-induced event beds. Our synthesis indicates that much of the western North Atlantic appears to have been active between 250 and 1150 C.E., with high levels of activity persisting in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico until 1400 C.E. This interval was one with relatively warm sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the main development region (MDR). A shift in activity to the North American east coast occurred ca. 1400 C.E., with more frequent severe hurricane strikes recorded from The Bahamas to New England between 1400 and 1675 C.E. A warm SST anomaly along the western North Atlantic, rather than within the MDR, likely contributed to the later active interval being restricted to the east coast. STUDY NOTES: Coarse sediment fraction (sand, >63um) and storm overwash event frequency data from Salt Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts, for the past 2,000 years.

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