Re‐examination of the Climatic Change in Central Japan Based on Freezing Dates of Lake Suwa

Tanaka, Minoru; Yoshino, Masatoshi

doi:10.1002/j.1477-8696.1982.tb03626.x

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“…We thus compared the observed weather pattern frequencies with freezing dates of Lake Suwa in central Japan, which is considered to be the longest documentary proxy data record in Japan. Since the freezing dates tend to become earlier (later) in cold (warm) winters, numerous studies have attempted to estimate early winter temperatures based on their statistical relationship with freezing dates (Fujiwara, 1921;Gray, 1974;Tanaka and Yoshino, 1982;Mikami and Ishiguro, 1998). However, the freezing date record consists of point data; thus we must first examine the spatial representativity of this record.…”

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Reconstruction of winter climate variations during the 19th century in Japan

Hirano

Mikami

2007

Intl Journal of Climatology

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An attempt was made to reconstruct winter climate conditions in Japan for the period 1810/1811 to 1858/1859 on the basis of daily weather records documented in old diaries. Daily weather maps for each winter were drawn using 19th century weather records collected by our research group. Maps were divided into five types by classifying daily snowfall and rainfall distributions and the occurrence frequencies of each weather pattern for the period 1810/1811 to 1858/1859 were analysed. It was found that the occurrence frequencies of winter monsoon weather patterns were high from the late 1820s to the early 1840s. This period almost coincided with a summer cold period in the 19th century. The result implies that strengthening of a cold air mass around Japan occurred in the late 1820s, not only in summer but also in winter. The frequencies of the typical winter monsoon patterns correspond with the freezing dates of Lake Suwa, which have been used as an indicator of winter coldness in previous studies. On the basis of the frequencies of the winter monsoon weather patterns, mean January temperatures for western Japan were estimated. In the time series of estimated temperatures, a cooling period from the late 1820s to the early 1830s was revealed.

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Reconstruction of winter climate variations during the 19th century in Japan

Hirano

Mikami

2007

Intl Journal of Climatology

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“…Williams, 1965; Bilello, 1980; Palecki and Barry, 1986) and the value of freshwater ice phenology as an indicator of climate variability and change (e.g. Simojoki, 1961; Tanaka and Yoshino, 1982; Magnuson and others, 2000). Because freeze-up and break-up can be related closely to temperature indices, freshwater ice growth and decay has been described as a relatively simple seasonal system (Michel, 1971).…”

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Some aspects of ice phenology on ponds in central Alaska, USA

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Morris²

2007

Ann. Glaciol.

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Ice phenology (freeze-up, break-up and duration) was monitored for five seasons between autumn 2001 and spring 2006 at 11 small, shallow ponds in the boreal forest of central Alaska, USA. The sequence in which freeze-up (FU; day of 100% ice cover) and break-up (BU; day of zero ice cover) occurred at the 11 ponds showed moderately high to very high coherence each season. This was probably due to FU and BU being poorly correlated with pond morphometry (area, depth). BU is strongly correlated with April mean air temperature; a ±1˚C change in mean April air temperature is equivalent to a ±1.86 day change in BU. FU and air-temperature relationships are inconclusive, primarily because post-FU warm intervals in two autumns cause an anticorrelation between mean September air temperature and FU. Mean ice duration varies between 205 and 225 days, and is strongly correlated with maximum ice thickness through its effect on BU. A ±10mm change in maximum ice thickness will cause a ±0.6 day change in ice duration. Maximum ice thickness and ice composition (snow ice, congelation ice) also have a strong influence on break-up when all data from all ponds and all years are considered. The predictability of FU and BU sequence, the minor role of morphometry in FU and BU, the strong role of April mean air temperature in BU, and the role of maximum ice thickness in duration suggests that these ponds would be good sites for continued long-term observation of phenology and the influence of weather/climate variation and change, and for freeze-up/break-up process studies, particularly the role of ice composition and albedo.

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“…One of the most important meteorological variables affecting both the formation and degeneration of lake ice is air temperature (Williams, 1971;Palecki and Barry, 1986). Consequently, historical information on both freeze-up and break-up dates can represent a valuable source of proxy data for air temperature (Arakawa, 1954;Simojoki, 1940;Gray, 1974;Tanaka and Yoshino, 1982;Pfister, 1984;Gordon et al, 1985;Tramoni et al, 1985;Palecki and Barry, 1986;Ruosteenoja, 1986;Skinner, 1986Skinner, , 1993Kuusisto, 1987Kuusisto, , 1993Robertson et al, 1992;Assel and Robertson, 1995). Some authors (e.g., Robertson et al, 1992;Assel and Robertson, 1995) are of the opinion that historical lake ice records may be a more reliable indicator of past local and regional climatic changes than even air temperature records themselves, since the latter are frequently subject to inhomogeneities and bias resulting from station alterations and observer changes.…”

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1997

Climatic Change

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The calendar date of ice break-up on Lej da San Murezzan, a high-altitude (1768 m a.s.l.) lake in the Swiss Alps, has been recorded uninterruptedly since 1832. Based on this record and on shorter, interrupted records from two neighbouring lakes, the potential use of the timing of spring break-up as a proxy for local and regional surface air temperatures in the European Alpine region is investigated. Lej da San Murezzan exhibits an overall trend to earlier thawing (7.6 days per century) comparable to that of lakes in other parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Part of this trend may be due to shifts in mean break-up date around 1857 and 1932. The timing of break-up on all three lakes is strongly related to local and regional surface air temperatures centred on the middle of April and integrated over 4-8 weeks. Three empirical methods of relating break-up date to local air temperature yielded essentially the same proportion of shared variance (about 64%). Comparisons of break-up dates with surface air temperature data from Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom suggest that the thawing of Alpine lakes is determined to a large extent by synoptic-scale meteorological processes. The timing of break-up on Lej da San Murezzan also tends to follow an index of global explosive volcanism with a time lag of about two years, volcanically quiescent periods being associated with early break-up, and volcanically active periods with late break-up. This suggests that modulation of incident radiation by stratospheric aerosols of volcanic origin may significantly affect the timing of break-up of high-altitude lakes.

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Re‐examination of the Climatic Change in Central Japan Based on Freezing Dates of Lake Suwa

Cited by 18 publications

References 5 publications

Reconstruction of winter climate variations during the 19th century in Japan

Reconstruction of winter climate variations during the 19th century in Japan

Some aspects of ice phenology on ponds in central Alaska, USA

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