Tree ring based streamflow reconstruction for the Upper Yellow River over the past 1234 years

Gou, Xiaohua; Deng, Yang; Chen, Fahu; Yang, Meixue; Fang, Keyan; Gao, Linlin; Yang, Tao; Zhang, Fen

doi:10.1007/s11434-010-4215-z

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“…Instrumental measurement is sparse and short-term in southwestern China, but climatic conditions can be extended back several centuries with high-resolution climatic proxies. Tree-ring records are widely used as climatic proxies, because they provide annual resolution, precise dating and adequate duplicate data and have been proven to be an efficient proxy for past climate reconstruction [1][2][3][4][5].…”

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A 457-year reconstruction of precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China using tree-ring records

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This paper presents a 457-year reconstruction of precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau using tree-ring records. Tree-ring samples were collected from the Hengduan Mountains in the southeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. A nearly 500-year chronology was developed using tree-ring width records. Correlation analysis shows moisture is the main factor limiting tree growth in this region. Ring-widths were significantly positively correlated with the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) and precipitation in many months. The highest correlation coefficient was found between the annual growth of trees and precipitation from the previous September to the current June (0.738). Based on this relationship, we reconstructed the precipitation history from 1509 to 2006. The reconstruction explains 54.4% (R 2 adj =53.5%, N=49, F=56.12) of the actual precipitation variation during the calibration period . During the reliable period of the reconstruction (1549-2006), some low-frequency climate signals are included, indicating this region has been getting wetter in the last 20 years. The reconstruction documents six apparently dry and five pluvial periods and the 17th century dry period lasted longer than any other. When compared with other recent studies, this study and these earlier reconstructions show a similar trend in the variation of drought and pluvial. Further spatial correlation analysis confirms that the reconstructed precipitation adequately represents the rainfall history of the entire Hengduan Mountain area. The Multi-taper method, a type of spectral analysis, reveals that precipitation in this area had significant (P<0.01) spectral peaks at 3-5 a, 60 a and 79-85 a.Abies Mill., Hengduan Mountains, precipitation reconstruction, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, tree-ring width Citation:Gou X H, Yang T, Gao L L, et al. A 457-year reconstruction of precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China using tree-ring records.

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“…The period of low flow observed in Hankou, Hubei Province, reflected the effects of the severe drought of the 1920s on the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River [38]. Previous tree-ring-based hydrological reconstructions, such as those conducted for the middle reaches of the Heihe River [9], the upper reaches of the Yellow River [6] and the Fenhe River [7], also captured the severe drought of the 1920s.…”

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“…Temperature (maximum temperature) affects the growth of trees by influencing the amount of moisture in the soil, as well as the respiration and transpiration rate of trees, especially if precipitation is not adequate during the growing season [6,23,24]. This pattern can often be inferred from tree-ring width chronologies that are positively correlated with rainfall and negatively correlated with temperature [25,26].…”

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“…Similar responses are shown by the relationship between the annual runoff of the Yimin River and maximum temperature and seasonal/annual precipitation, as well as by the relationship between the regional tree-ring width chronology and these climatic factors (Table 2). For instance, the correlation coefficients associated with the April-September mean maximum temperature (T 4-9(max) ), the seasonal precipitation for April-September (P [4][5][6][7][8][9] ) and the annual precipitation from the previous August to the current July (P 8-7 ) were -0.406, 0.64 and 0.669, respectively, for the annual runoff of the Yimin River and -0.465, 0.381 and 0.619, respectively, for the RC. The similar correlation coefficients associated with P 4-9 (0.64) and calendar-year annual precipitation (P ann ) (0.674) for the annual runoff of the Yimin River indicated that the Yimin River annual runoff was dominated by the summer rainfall (one-half of the year) [28].…”

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“…The statistical relationship between tree-ring index data and the hydroclimatic records of variables such as runoff and streamflow has been exploited to construct reconstructions that are hundreds of years in length for many parts of the world [5][6][7][8][9][10].…”

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Shiyang River streamflow since AD 1765, reconstructed by tree rings, contains far‐reaching hydro‐climatic signals over and beyond the mid‐latitude Asian continent

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Abstract:In this study, the regional tree-ring chronology of Picea crassifolia was used to estimate annual (September to August) streamflow of the Shiyang River for the period from AD 1765 to 2010. The linear regression model was stable and could explain 41.5% of the variance for the calibration period of . According to the streamflow reconstruction, dry periods with below average streamflow occurred in AD 1775-1804, 1814-1823, 1831-1856, 1862-1867, 1877-1885, 1905-1910, 1926-1932, 1948-1951, 1960-1963 and 1989-2002. Periods of relatively wet years are identified for AD 1765-1774, 1805-1813, 1824-1830, 1857-1861, 1868-1876, 1886-1904, 1911-1925, 1933-1947, 1952-1959, 1964-1988 and 2003-2010. Comparisons with the precipitation reconstructions from surrounding areas supplied a high degree of confidence in our reconstruction. Our reconstructed streamflow is significantly correlated with sea surface temperature in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. The Multitaper spectral and correlation analyses also suggested that the reconstructed streamflow variation in the Shiyang River could be associated with large-scale atmospheric-oceanic variability, such as El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The linkages among the streamflow reconstruction, NAO and ENSO suggest the connection of regional streamflow variations to the Asian monsoon and westerlies circulations.

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Tree ring based streamflow reconstruction for the Upper Yellow River over the past 1234 years

Cited by 117 publications

References 31 publications

A 457-year reconstruction of precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China using tree-ring records

A 457-year reconstruction of precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China using tree-ring records

A tree-ring-based reconstruction of the Yimin River annual runoff in the Hulun Buir region, Inner Mongolia, for the past 135 years

Shiyang River streamflow since AD 1765, reconstructed by tree rings, contains far‐reaching hydro‐climatic signals over and beyond the mid‐latitude Asian continent

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