Monsoonal precipitation variation in the East Asia since A.D. 1840 Tree-ring evidences from China and Korea
Three tree-ring rainfall reconstructions from China and Korea are used in this paper to investigate the East Asian summer monsoon-related precipitation variation over the past 160 years. Statistically, there is no linear correlation on a year-by-year basis between Chinese and Korean monsoon rainfall...
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Published in | Science in China. Series D, Earth sciences Vol. 46; no. 10; pp. 1031 - 1039 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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01.10.2003
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Summary: | Three tree-ring rainfall reconstructions from China and Korea are used in this paper to investigate the East Asian summer monsoon-related precipitation variation over the past 160 years. Statistically, there is no linear correlation on a year-by-year basis between Chinese and Korean monsoon rainfall, but region-wide synchronous variation on a decadal-scale was observed. More rainfall intervals were 1860-1890, 1910-1925, and 1940-1960, and dry or even drought periods were 1890-1910, 1925-1940, and 1960-present. Reconstructions also display that the East Asian summer monsoon precipitation suddenly changed from more into less around mid-1920. These tree-ring precipitation records were also confirmed by Chinese historical dryness/wetness index and Korean historical rain gauge data. |
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ISSN: | 1006-9313 1862-2801 |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF02959398 |