# Melvin - Charlbury - QUSP - ITRDB BRIT059 #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Template Version 3.0 # Encoding: UTF-8 # NOTE: Please cite original publication, online resource and date accessed when using these data, # If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource and date accessed. # # Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/13748 # Description: NOAA Landing Page of study # Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/brit059-noaa.rwl # Description: Raw Measurements - NOAA Template File # Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/europe/brit059.rwl # Description: Raw Measurements - Tucson Decadal File # # Archive: Treering # # Dataset_DOI: # # Parameter_Keywords: ring width #------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2012-05-01 #------------------- # File_Last_Modified_Date # Date: 2019-02-05 #------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Melvin - Charlbury - QUSP - ITRDB BRIT059 #------------------- # Investigators: Melvin, T.M.; Briffa, K.R. #------------------- # Description_Notes_and_Keywords # Description: NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2019-02-05. #------------------- # Publication # Authors: # Journal_Name: Climate Dynamics # Published_Title: A millennial long March-July precipitation reconstruction for southern-central England # Published_Date_or_Year: 2012 # Volume: # Pages: # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1318-z # Full_Citation: Wilson, R., D. Miles, N.J. Loader, T. Melvin, L. Cunningham, # R. Cooper, and K. Briffa. 2012. # A millennial long March-July precipitation reconstruction # for southern-central England. # Climate Dynamics, Vol. 40, Issue 3-4, pp. 997-1017, February 2013. # doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1318-z # Abstract: We present a millennial long dendroclimatic reconstruction # of spring/summer precipitation for southern-central England. # Previous research identified a significant moisture stress # signal in ring-width data measured from oak trees growing # in southern England. In this study, we build upon this earlier # work, specifically targeting south-central England, to derive # a well replicated oak ring-width composite chronology using # both living and historical material. The data-set includes # 352 living trees (AD 1629-2009) and 1540 individual historical # series (AD 663-1925). The period expressed by at least 50 trees # in any year is AD 980-2009. Calibration experiments identify # the optimal seasonal predictand target as March-July precipitation # (1901-2007: r2 = 0.33). However, comparison with the long Kew # Gardens precipitation record indicates a weakening in tree-growth/ # climate response from ~1800 to 1920 which we speculate may be # related to smoke and sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions at that # time which may have also contributed to a decrease in tree # productivity. The time-series derived using the regional curve # standardisation method to capture lower frequency information # shows a mediaeval period with alternating multi-decade-long dry # and wet periods, with AD 1153-1172 being the wettest reconstructed # 20-year period in the whole record. Drier conditions are prevalent # from ~1300 to the early sixteenth century followed by a period of # increasing precipitation levels. The most recent four centuries # of the record appear similar to the mediaeval period with multiple # decade-long dry and wet periods. The late twentieth century is # the second reconstructed wettest period. These centennial # hydroclimatic trends are in broad agreement with independent # regional scale hydroclimatic reconstructions from tree-ring # (East Anglia), historical, speleothem and peat water level # proxy archives in the United Kingdom and appear coupled # with reconstructed sea surface temperature changes in the # North Atlantic which in turn influence the Atlantic meridional # overturning circulation and westerly airflow across the UK. #------------------- # Site Information # Site_Name: Charlbury # Location: United Kingdom # Northernmost_Latitude: 51.8667 # Southernmost_Latitude: 51.8667 # Easternmost_Longitude: -1.5 # Westernmost_Longitude: -1.5 # Elevation: 130 #------------------- # Data Collection # Collection_Name: BRIT059 # Earliest_Year: 1828 # Most_Recent_Year: 1979 # Time_Unit: AD # Notes: #------------------- # Species # Species_Name: Quercus spp. L. # Common_Name: oak # Tree_Species_Code: QUSP #------------------- # Chronology_Information # Chronology: #--------------------- # Variables # Data variables follow that are preceded by '##' in columns one and two. # Variables list, one per line; shortname-tab- components: what, material, error, units, seasonality, archive, detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data,additional information) ## age_CE age,,,year Common Era,,tree ring,,,N, ## KB01AA_raw total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KB01AA; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 ## KB02AA_raw total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KB02AA; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 ## KB03AA_raw total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KB03AA; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 ## KB04AA_raw total ring width ,,,millimeter,,tree ring,,,N,Tree ID: KB04AA; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm 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