Late Holocene Asian summer monsoon variability reflected by δ18O in tree-rings from Tibetan junipers

Grießinger J, Bräuning A, Helle G, Thomas A, Schleser GH (2011)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2011

Journal

Geophysical Research Letters American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Edited Volumes: Geophysical Research Letters

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Book Volume: 38

Pages Range: 1-5

Article Number: L03701

Journal Issue: 3

URI: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010GL045988/abstract

DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045988

Open Access Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010GL045988/pdf

Abstract

Recent warming in High Asia might have a strong impact on Asian summer monsoon variability with consequences for the hydrological cycle. Based on correlations between climate data, the tree-ring delta O-18 of high-elevation junipers is an indicator of August precipitation. Thus, our 800-year long annually resolved oxygen isotope series reflects long-term variations in summer monsoon activity on the southern Tibetan plateau. Summer precipitation was reduced during 13th-15th centuries and since the 19th century, whereas the Little Ice Age period (15th-19th century) was rather moist. The late 20th century was among the driest periods during the past 800 years, showing a tendency to slightly wetter conditions after AD 1990. Citation: Griessinger, J., A. Brauning, G. Helle, A. Thomas, and G. Schleser (2011), Late Holocene Asian summer monsoon variability reflected by delta O-18 in tree-rings from Tibetan junipers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03701, doi:10.1029/2010GL045988.

Authors with CRIS profile

Jussi Grießinger Institut für Geographie Achim Bräuning Lehrstuhl für Geographie (Physische Geographie)

Involved external institutions

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) DE Germany (DE) Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum - GFZ DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Grießinger, J., Bräuning, A., Helle, G., Thomas, A., & Schleser, G.H. (2011). Late Holocene Asian summer monsoon variability reflected by δ18O in tree-rings from Tibetan junipers. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(3), 1-5. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2010GL045988

MLA:

Grießinger, Jussi, et al. "Late Holocene Asian summer monsoon variability reflected by δ18O in tree-rings from Tibetan junipers." Geophysical Research Letters 38.3 (2011): 1-5.

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