Exploratory Temperature and Precipitation Reconstructions from the Qinling Mountains, North-Central China
dc.contributor.author | Garfin, Gregg M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hughes, Malcolm K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Yu, Liu | |
dc.contributor.author | Burns, James M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Touchan, Ramzi | |
dc.contributor.author | Leavitt, Steven W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zhisheng, An | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-14T00:08:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-14T00:08:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Garfin, G.M., Hughes, M.K., Yu, L., Burns, J.M., Touchan, R., Leavitt, S.W., Zhisheng, A. 2005. Exploratory temperature and precipitation reconstructions from the Qinling Mountains, north-central China. Tree-Ring Research 61(2):59-72. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2162-4585 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1536-1098 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/262620 | |
dc.description.abstract | February-April (FMA) temperature at Foping (1879-1989) and July-August (JA) precipitation at Xian (1895–1988) have been reconstructed using total ring width (TRW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) from trees in the Qinling Mountains, at the northern limit of the East Asian monsoon, in central China. The Xian JA precipitation reconstruction, albeit short, represents the first well-replicated, crossdated dendroclimatic reconstruction of summer monsoon precipitation for this region. Reconstructed Xian precipitation shows significant positive relationships with historical evidence from the region. The key feature of the precipitation reconstruction is prolonged summer drought during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The Foping reconstruction displays warmer-than-average FMA temperatures during this time period. These exploratory reconstructions, along with a previous reconstruction from Huashan, demonstrate the complexity of attempting dendroclimatic reconstructions from this region. Our results indicate that further attempts to locate long-lived conifers from here can result in an extended well-calibrated and verified reconstruction of summer monsoon precipitation. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Tree-Ring Society | en_US |
dc.relation.url | http://www.treeringsociety.org | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved. | en_US |
dc.subject | Dendrochronology | en_US |
dc.subject | Tree Rings | en_US |
dc.subject | China | en_US |
dc.subject | Asian Monsoon | en_US |
dc.subject | Temperature | en_US |
dc.subject | Precipitation | en_US |
dc.subject | Dendroclimatology | en_US |
dc.title | Exploratory Temperature and Precipitation Reconstructions from the Qinling Mountains, North-Central China | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, The University of Arizona, Tuscson, AZ 85721 | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xian 710075, People's Republic of China | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | Tree-Ring Research | en_US |
dc.description.collectioninformation | This item is part of the Tree-Ring Research (formerly Tree-Ring Bulletin) archive. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at The University of Arizona. For more information about this peer-reviewed scholarly journal, please email the Editor of Tree-Ring Research at editor@treeringsociety.org. | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-26T23:36:24Z | |
html.description.abstract | February-April (FMA) temperature at Foping (1879-1989) and July-August (JA) precipitation at Xian (1895–1988) have been reconstructed using total ring width (TRW) and maximum latewood density (MXD) from trees in the Qinling Mountains, at the northern limit of the East Asian monsoon, in central China. The Xian JA precipitation reconstruction, albeit short, represents the first well-replicated, crossdated dendroclimatic reconstruction of summer monsoon precipitation for this region. Reconstructed Xian precipitation shows significant positive relationships with historical evidence from the region. The key feature of the precipitation reconstruction is prolonged summer drought during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The Foping reconstruction displays warmer-than-average FMA temperatures during this time period. These exploratory reconstructions, along with a previous reconstruction from Huashan, demonstrate the complexity of attempting dendroclimatic reconstructions from this region. Our results indicate that further attempts to locate long-lived conifers from here can result in an extended well-calibrated and verified reconstruction of summer monsoon precipitation. |