Ranking of tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstructions of the past millennium

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Тип публикации: статья из журнала

Год издания: 2020

Идентификатор DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106074

Ключевые слова: Climate change, Dendrochronology, Dendroclimatology, Hydroclimate, Paleoclimate, Past millennium, Proxy data

Аннотация: To place recent hydroclimate changes, including drought occurrences, in a long-term historical context, tree-ring records serve as an important natural archive. Here, we evaluate 46 millennium-long tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstructions for their Data Homogeneity, Sample Replication, Growth Coherence, Chronology Development, Показать полностьюand Climate Signal based on criteria published by Esper et al. (2016) to assess tree-ring based temperature reconstructions. The compilation of 46 individually calibrated site reconstructions includes 37 different tree species and stem from North America (n = 29), Asia (n = 10); Europe (n = 5), northern Africa (n = 1) and southern South America (n = 1). For each criterion, the individual reconstructions were ranked in four groups, and results showed that no reconstruction scores highest or lowest for all analyzed parameters. We find no geographical differences in the overall ranking, but reconstructions from arid and semi-arid environments tend to score highest. A strong and stable hydroclimate signal is found to be of greater importance than a long calibration period. The most challenging trade-off identified is between high continuous sample replications, as well as a well-mixed age class distribution over time, and a good internal growth coherence. Unlike temperature reconstructions, a high proportion of the hydroclimate reconstructions are produced using individual series detrending methods removing centennial-scale variability. By providing a quantitative and objective evaluation of all available tree-ring based hydroclimate reconstructions we hope to boost future improvements in the development of such records and provide practical guidance to secondary users of these reconstructions. © 2019 The Authors

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Журнал: Quaternary Science Reviews

Выпуск журнала: Vol. 230

Номера страниц: 106074

Издатель: Elsevier Ltd

Персоны

  • Ljungqvist F.C. (Department of History, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden)
  • Piermattei A. (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom)
  • Seim A. (Chair of Forest Growth, Institute of Forest Sciences, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany)
  • Krusic P.J. (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Büntgen U. (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Dendro Sciences Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, CzechGlobe Global Change Research Institute CAS, Brno, Czech Republic, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)
  • He M. (Center for Ecological Forecasting and Global Change, College of Forestry, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling, China)
  • Kirdyanov A.V. (Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Akademgorodok, Russian Federation, Institute of Ecology and Geography, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation)
  • Luterbacher J. (Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany, Centre for International Development and Environmental Research, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany)
  • Schneider L. (Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate Change, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany)
  • Seftigen K. (Dendro Sciences Group, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland, Regional Climate Group, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and Climate Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)
  • Stahle D.W. (Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States)
  • Villalba R. (Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales IANIGLA, CCT-CONICET-Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina)
  • Yang B. (Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, China)
  • Esper J. (Department of Geography, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany)