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Large-scale, millennial-length temperature reconstructions from tree-rings
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dc.contributor.author | Esper, Jan | |
dc.contributor.author | George, Scott St. | |
dc.contributor.author | Anchukaitis, Kevin | |
dc.contributor.author | D'Arrigo, Rosanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Ljungqvist, Fredrik | |
dc.contributor.author | Luterbacher, Jürg | |
dc.contributor.author | Schneider, Lea | |
dc.contributor.author | Stoffel, Markus | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, Rob | |
dc.contributor.author | Büntgen, Ulf | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-10T23:39:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-10T23:39:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Esper , J , George , S S , Anchukaitis , K , D'Arrigo , R , Ljungqvist , F , Luterbacher , J , Schneider , L , Stoffel , M , Wilson , R & Büntgen , U 2018 , ' Large-scale, millennial-length temperature reconstructions from tree-rings ' , Dendrochronologia , vol. 50 , pp. 81-90 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2018.06.001 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1125-7865 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 253343672 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 40bb6583-0bc5-453c-8514-83ed74358cbb | |
dc.identifier.other | RIS: urn:256A9CF44254FD84E135713FDA2E5212 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85048796572 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-4486-8904/work/59953615 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000438755400009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/17865 | |
dc.description | Supported by the German Science Foundation, grants # Inst 247/665-1 FUGG and ES 161/9-1. SSG acknowledges support by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, KJA by US National Science Foundation grants AGS-1501856 and NSF AGS-1501834, and JL and LS by the Belmont Forum and JPI-Climate, Collaborative Research Action INTEGRATE. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Over the past two decades, the dendroclimate community has produced various annually resolved, warm season temperature reconstructions for the extratropical Northern Hemisphere. Here we compare these tree-ring based reconstructions back to 831 CE and present a set of basic metrics to provide guidance for non-specialists on their interpretation and use. We specifically draw attention to (i) the imbalance between (numerous) short and (few) long site chronologies incorporated into the hemispheric means, (ii) the beneficial effects of including maximum latewood density chronologies in the recently published reconstructions, (iii) a decrease in reconstruction covariance prior to 1400 CE, and (iv) the varying amplitudes and trends of reconstructed temperatures over the past 1100 years. Whereas the reconstructions agree on several important features, such as warmth during medieval times and cooler temperatures in the 17th and 19th centuries, they still exhibit substantial differences during 13th and 14th centuries. We caution users who might consider combining the reconstructions through simple averaging that all reconstructions share some of the same underlying tree-ring data, and provide four recommendations to guide future efforts to better understand past millennium temperature variability. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Dendrochronologia | en |
dc.rights | © 2018 Elsevier GmbH. This work has been made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2018.06.001 | en |
dc.subject | Tree-ring width | en |
dc.subject | Maximum latewood density | en |
dc.subject | Warm season temperatures | en |
dc.subject | Medieval Warm Period | en |
dc.subject | Little Ice Age | en |
dc.subject | Northern Hemisphere | en |
dc.subject | G Geography (General) | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | G1 | en |
dc.title | Large-scale, millennial-length temperature reconstructions from tree-rings | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Institute | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2018.06.001 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2019-06-11 |
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