Temperature changes on the Tibetan Plateau during the past 600 years inferred from ice cores and tree rings.

Yang B, Bräuning A, Jingjing L, Davis ME, Yajun S (2009)

Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2009

Journal

Global and Planetary Change Elsevier

Publisher: Elsevier

Book Volume: 69

Pages Range: 71-78

Journal Issue: 1-2

URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818109001350

DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.07.008

Abstract

The climatological signal of δO variations preserved in ice cores recovered from Puruogangri ice field in the central Tibetan Plateau (TP) was calibrated with regional meteorological data for the past 50 years. For the period AD 1860-2000, 5-yearly averaged ice core δO and a summer temperature reconstruction derived from pollen data from the same ice core were compared. The statistical results provide compelling evidence that Puruogangri ice core δO variations represent summer temperature changes for the central TP, and hence regional temperature history during the past 600 years was revealed. A comparison of Puruogangri ice core δO{cyrillic} with several other temperature reconstructions shows that broad-scale climate anomalies since the Little Ice Age occurred synchronously across the eastern and southern TP, and the Himalayas. Common cold periods were identified in the 15th century, 1625-1645 AD, 1660-1700 AD, 1725-1775 AD, 1795-1830 AD, 1850-1870 AD, 1890-1920 AD, 1940-1950 AD, and 1975-1985 AD. The period 1725-1775 AD was one of the most prolonged cool periods during the past 400 years and corresponded to maximum Little Ice Age glacier advance of monsoonal temperate glaciers of the TP.

Authors with CRIS profile

Achim Bräuning Lehrstuhl für Geographie (Physische Geographie)

Involved external institutions

Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI) CN China (CN) Ohio State University US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

Yang, B., Bräuning, A., Jingjing, L., Davis, M.E., & Yajun, S. (2009). Temperature changes on the Tibetan Plateau during the past 600 years inferred from ice cores and tree rings. Global and Planetary Change, 69(1-2), 71-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.07.008

MLA:

Yang, Bao, et al. "Temperature changes on the Tibetan Plateau during the past 600 years inferred from ice cores and tree rings." Global and Planetary Change 69.1-2 (2009): 71-78.

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