noaa-recon-18335 Lower Yangtze River 158 Year February-April Precipitation Reconstruction Shi, J.; Lu, H.; Li, J.; Shi, S.; Wu, S.; Hou, X.; Li, L. Lower Yangtze River 158 Year February-April Precipitation Reconstruction 2015-05-19 NCDC-Paleoclimatology ONLINE Files Pending https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/18335 Investigator J. Shi Investigator H. Lu Investigator J. Li Investigator S. Shi Investigator S. Wu Investigator X. Hou Investigator L. Li 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 precipitation,null,null,millimeter,Feb-Apr,climate reconstructions|tree ring,null,null,N,null earth science paleoclimate reconstructions precipitation geoscientificInformation Precipitation Reconstruction PIMA Pinus massoniana Lamb. Masson pine 1856 AD 2013 AD 94 cal yr BP -63 cal yr BP Complete 28 34 116 122 Continent Asia Eastern Asia China Lower Yangtze River>LATITUDE >LONGITUDE 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 Jiangfeng Shi, Huayu Lu, Jinbao Li, Shiyuan Shi, Shuangye Wu, Xinyuan Hou, Lingling Li 2015 Global and Planetary Change 131 82-88 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.05.006 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818115000910

February-April drought strongly affects agriculture and socio-economics in southeastern China, yet its long-term variability has not been assessed due to the shortness of instrumental records. In this study, we reported a 168-year tree-ring width chronology from a steep, low-elevation site with thin soil layers in the Xianxia Mountains, southeastern China. Contrary to the existing chronologies that are mostly temperature sensitive, this chronology contained a strong February-April precipitation signal, indicating great potential for tree-ring based precipitation reconstructions in southeastern China. The reconstruction explained 47.8% of the instrumental variance during 1951-2012. The full reconstruction indicated that there were 3 dry periods (1873-1896, 1924-1971, 1995-2012) and 2 wet periods (1856-1872, 1972-1994) during 1856-2013. The extreme drought in 2011 was not unprecedented for the past 168 years, and the recent severe droughts may be part of interdecadal variations in regional February-April precipitation. Our results also suggested that February-April precipitation in southeastern China was highly influenced by the tropical Pacific climate system, in particular El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). STUDY NOTES: Spring (February-April) 158 year precipitation reconstruction for the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, based on tree-ring data.

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