新疆哈密八大石森林上限树轮记录的温度变化信息

本研究采集新疆哈密地区八大石西伯利亚落叶松森林上限树芯样本,建立标准宽度年表.通过树木年轮-气候响应分析,发现标准年表序列反映了该地生长季(5～9月)的月平均温度及月平均最低温度信息,且该序列与前人的研究结果对比具有较好的一致性.树轮宽度序列主要反映出了1885年之前以冷期为主,1885年之后以暖期为主,且暖期延续时间变长,20世纪后半期增温的趋势.该序列与天山冰川进退的时间较为一致,同时也发现该序列极值与当地蝗灾具有很好的对应,与亚洲近两百年来的大型火山喷发事件具有很好的一致性,由此可以推测该年表在一定程度上捕捉到了冰川进退、火山事件的环境信息.     

Placing modern droughts in historical context in the Ohio Valley using tree-rings

The temporal variability and severity of pre-instrument record summer droughts in the Ohio River Valley (Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, USA) are not well understood. This study attempts to help fill this gap in Ohio Valley drought knowledge by using tree-ring chronologies from Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to reconstruct summer (June through August) PDSI. We found that recent meteorological droughts of 1988 and 2012 are not unusual in the context of those reconstructed for the interval of 1680–2012. Droughts prior to 1895 (when the instrument-based record began) were more severe and lasted, on average, 1.5 times longer than those after 1895. The North American Drought Atlas represents droughts well for this region, but we found that drought severity was not homogeneous across the three sites. This indicates drought in the Ohio River Valley should be examined at a sub-regional level and suggests a need for a finer spatial representation of tree-ring chronologies in the Ohio Valley. Given the context of historical drought variability, the reconstructions suggest this region should be prepared for droughts that may be more severe and longer lasting than those recently observed.