Tree-ring delta O-18-based July-August relative humidity reconstruction on Mt. Shimen, China, for the last 400 years | |
Liu, Yu1,3,4,5; Ren, Meng1,2; Li, Qiang1; Song, Huiming1; Liu, Ruoshi5 | |
Corresponding Author | Liu, Yu(liuyu@loess.llqg.ac.cn) |
2020-10-01 | |
Source Publication | ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
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ISSN | 0169-8095 |
Volume | 243Pages:14 |
Abstract | Understanding long-term drought variations in the past can help us to evaluate ongoing and future hydroclimate changes in the arid western Chinese Loess Plateau. The present study generated a new stable oxygen isotope (delta O-18) chronology composed of five individual Pinus tabulaeformis Carr. isotope series from Mt. Shimen, China. Correlation function analysis revealed that the composite tree-ring delta O-18 series responded significantly to July-August relative humidity (RHJA, r = -0.684, n = 47, p < .0001). A transfer function was thus designed, and the RHJA in the Mt. Shimen region was reconstructed for the past 397 years. Several famous droughts in Chinese history, such as the Chong Zhen severe drought (1637-1643 CE), Ding Wu extraordinary drought (1876-1878 CE) and 1928-1930 CE severe drought, are captured by our reconstruction. Meanwhile, our reconstructed RHJA compares well with other palaeoclimatic results around the study area. Spatial correlation analysis revealed that the RHJA reconstruction displays large-scale representativeness. The reconstruction is significantly positively correlated with several Asian summer monsoon (ASM) indices, indicating that the reconstructed RHJA reflects the variations in ASM intensity to a large extent. In terms of the local climate change mechanisms, we found that the factors affecting the variations in RHJA in the Mt. Shimen region are complex and involve large-scale oceanic-atmospheric couplings, such as sea surface temperature (SST), El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO). Solar activity also certainly has great impacts. |
Keyword | Mt. Shimen, China Tree-ring delta O-18 Relative humidity Asian summer monsoon Oceanic-atmospheric couplings |
DOI | 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105024 |
WOS Keyword | SUMMER TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION ; NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION ; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD ; PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION ; STABLE-ISOTOPES ; INNER-MONGOLIA ; AIR-POLLUTION ; TIME-SERIES ; ICE-AGE ; DROUGHT |
Indexed By | SCI ; SCI |
Language | 英语 |
Funding Project | CAS Research Program[QYZDJ-SSW-DQC021] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[NSFC 41630531] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41401060] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41873021] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[132B61KYSB20170005] ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS[2017451] ; West Light Foundation of CAS, Young Star of Science and Technology, Shaanxi Province ; Key Project of IEECAS ; State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS (SKLLQG) |
WOS Research Area | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
Funding Organization | CAS Research Program ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS ; West Light Foundation of CAS, Young Star of Science and Technology, Shaanxi Province ; Key Project of IEECAS ; State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, CAS (SKLLQG) |
WOS Subject | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS ID | WOS:000539111800021 |
Publisher | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/14912 |
Collection | 现代环境研究室 第四纪科学与全球变化卓越创新中心 |
Corresponding Author | Liu, Yu |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Earth Environm, State Key Lab Loess & Quaternary Geol, 97 Yanxiang Rd, Xian 710061, Shaanxi, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Excellence Quaternary Sci & Global Change, Xian 710061, Peoples R China 4.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Qingdao 266237, Peoples R China 5.Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Human Settlements & Civil Engn, Xian 710049, Peoples R China |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Liu, Yu,Ren, Meng,Li, Qiang,et al. Tree-ring delta O-18-based July-August relative humidity reconstruction on Mt. Shimen, China, for the last 400 years[J]. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH,2020,243:14. |
APA | Liu, Yu,Ren, Meng,Li, Qiang,Song, Huiming,&Liu, Ruoshi.(2020).Tree-ring delta O-18-based July-August relative humidity reconstruction on Mt. Shimen, China, for the last 400 years.ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH,243,14. |
MLA | Liu, Yu,et al."Tree-ring delta O-18-based July-August relative humidity reconstruction on Mt. Shimen, China, for the last 400 years".ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 243(2020):14. |
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