noaa-recon-10769
North-Central China 530 Year Summer Temperature and Precipitation Reconstructions
Yi, L.; Yu, H.; Ge, J.; Lai, Z.; Xu, X.; Qin, L.; Peng, S.
North-Central China 530 Year Summer Temperature and Precipitation Reconstructions
2011-04-10
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Investigator
L.
Yi
Investigator
H.
Yu
Investigator
J.
Ge
Investigator
Z.
Lai
Investigator
X.
Xu
Investigator
L.
Qin
Investigator
S.
Peng
earth science
paleoclimate
climate reconstructions
temperature,multiple proxies,95% confidence interval upper bound,dimensionless,Jun-Aug,climate reconstructions,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
climate reconstructions
precipitation,multiple proxies,95% confidence interval upper bound,dimensionless,Jun-Aug,climate reconstructions,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
climate reconstructions
temperature,multiple proxies,95% confidence interval lower bound,dimensionless,Jun-Aug,climate reconstructions,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
climate reconstructions
precipitation,multiple proxies,null,dimensionless,Jun-Aug,climate reconstructions,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
climate reconstructions
precipitation,multiple proxies,95% confidence interval lower bound,dimensionless,Jun-Aug,climate reconstructions,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
climate reconstructions
temperature,multiple proxies,null,dimensionless,Jun-Aug,climate reconstructions,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
climate reconstructions
age,null,null,year Common Era,null,climate reconstructions,null,null,N,null
earth science
paleoclimate
reconstructions
precipitation
earth science
paleoclimate
reconstructions
air temperature
geoscientificInformation
Air Temperature Reconstruction
Precipitation Reconstruction
drought
1470 AD
2002 AD
480 cal yr BP
-52 cal yr BP
Complete
33
41
108
115
Continent
Asia
Eastern Asia
China
North-Central China>LATITUDE 37>LONGITUDE 111.5
None
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Yi, L., H. Yu, J. Ge, Z. Lai, X. Xu, L. Qin, and S. Peng. 2011.
Reconstructions of annual summer precipitation
and temperature in north-central China since 1470 AD
based on drought/flood index and tree-ring records.
Climatic Change, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0052-6
The understanding of the ongoing climate change needs high-resolution
records of the past, which are difficult to obtain in north-central China.
Historical documents are unique materials for high-resolution (up to season)
climate change reconstruction. Here, we report an attempt of quantitative
climate reconstruction covering the main part of north-central China,
by combining historical drought/flood index and tree-ring data.
The rigorous verification tests confirm the fidelity of transfer functions
used in the reconstructions. The precipitation and temperature
anomalies/intervals were then defined based on the reconstructions.
Finally, the intensity of several big droughts recorded in historical
documents was re-examined and the dominant and recessive patterns of
heat/water changes within the study area were identified. We concluded
that (1) the droughts, occurred during the years of 1484 AD, 1585-1587 AD,
1689-1691 AD, 1784-1786 AD and 1876-1878 AD, were the results of rainless
and torrid combination; (2) the droughts, occurred during the years of
1560-1561 AD, 1599-1601 AD, 1609 AD, 1615-1617 AD, 1638-1641 AD
and 1899-1901 AD, were first caused by rainless summer, and then
controlled by low precipitation and/or high temperature; (3) the droughts,
occurred during the years of 1527-1529 AD, 1720-1722 AD, 1813-1814 AD,
1856-1857 AD and 1926-1930 AD, were first caused by torrid summer,
and then controlled by both low precipitation and high temperature;
(4) the dominant climate pattern within the study area consisted
of warm-dry and cold-wet alternations, and the recessive pattern
consisted of cold-dry and warm-wet alternations. We also showed that
the drought/flood index is a valuable climate proxy in quantitative
reconstructions, especially in places where tree-ring data is not available.
STUDY NOTES: Summer (June-July-August) temperature and precipitation reconstructions
for north-central China over the last 530 years, based on historical
document drought/flood indices and tree ring data.
PI: June-July-August precipitation index within the area of (33°-41°N, 108°-115°E)
TI: June-July-August temperature index within the area of (33°-41°N, 108°-115°E)
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