Reconstruction of May–July precipitation in the north Helan Mountain, Inner Mongolia since A.D. 1726 from tree-ring late-wood widths

Liu, Yu; Shi, Jiangfeng; Shishov, Vladimir V.; Vaganov, Еugene А.; Yang, Yuanjian; Cai, Qiufang; Sun, Junying; Wang, Lei; Djanseitov, I.

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“…The reconstruction of April-June precipitation (1890-1989, based on tree ring density and stable isotopes in Huangling in central Shaanxi Province, indicated that the most severe drought occurred in the late 1920s in the past 100 years (Liu et al, 1997). Similarly, the May-June precipitation reconstruction using latewood widths of Chinese pine in the north Helan Mountains also showed a significant drought interval in the 1920s (Liu et al, 2004). In the west, Region 3 experienced the severe and sustained drought in the 1920s, as reflected by the dramatic growth decline of drought-sensitive trees (Figure 4).…”

Section: The Spatio-temporal Occurrence Of the 1920s Drought Derived mentioning

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“…In comparison with the 1930s Dust Bowl in the southern plains of the USA (Worster, 1982;Woodhouse and Overpeck, 1998), most studies of the 1920s drought have been based on historical records in Chinese and have received scant mention in international journals (Hughes et al, 1994;Fu et al, 1999;Qian and Zhu, 2001;Liang et al, 2003). Recently, several studies have also reported that the 1920s drought in northern China was recorded in tree rings (Hughes et al, 1994;Zhang and Wu, 1997;Liu and Ma, 1999;Liang et al, 2003;Liu et al, 2004). These studies were, however, limited to a few forest stands in North China.…”

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The 1920S Drought Recorded by Tree Rings and Historical Documents in the Semi-Arid and Arid Areas of Northern China

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Abstract. Using a network of tree-ring data, we show that there had been significant growth decline in the 1920s and early 1930s throughout a wide area of northern China. This growth depression is indicative of a severe and sustained drought in the 1920s and early 1930s, which was then confirmed with a variety of historical and instrumental records including hydrological, meteorological, and documentary evidence. The 1920s drought had a devastating effect not only on agricultural productivity, hydrological resources and society in the affected areas, but also on natural vegetation, as inferred from the tree-ring network and historical records. This research offers a picture of the drought calamity during the 1920s and early 1930s in northern China, and demonstrates the potential to identify spatial anomalies of large-scale drought using tree-ring networks in the semi-arid and arid areas of northern China.

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The 1920S Drought Recorded by Tree Rings and Historical Documents in the Semi-Arid and Arid Areas of Northern China

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“…Meteorological research has demonstrated that the greatest amount of rainfall (flooding) occurs during the period of late July to early August (July 21 to August 10) in the study region (Wang 1997). In eastern China, the typical monsoonal region, studies have found relationships between tree-ring width and seasonal precipitation (Liu et al 1996(Liu et al , 2003(Liu et al , 2004(Liu et al , 2005, but not between ring width and annual precipitation. From field observations and a preliminary analysis we conclude that interannual variability in tree-ring growth in the arid study region is most probably controlled by interannual variability in seasonal precipitation.…”

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Tree-Ring-Derived Precipitation Records from Inner Mongolia, China, Since A.D. 1627

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Two Chinese pine (Pinus tabulaeformis) tree-ring width chronologies up to 375 years long were used to reconstruct rainfall from February to early July for the Wu Dangzhao region and from February to midJuly for the La Madong region, Inner Mongolia, China. The predictor variables account for 44.3% and 42.7% of the variance in precipitation, respectively. Both historical records and two other tree-ring based precipitation reconstructions from the environmentally sensitive zone (the northern Helan Mountain range and Baiyinaobao) confirm our results. After applying a 10-year moving average, the trends of four treering based precipitation reconstructions vary synchronously.

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“…The third part (AprilMay of the current year) is the beginning of larch tree growth. In this period, additional rainfall producing greater soil moisture may reduce water stress and benefit cambial cell division in the rapid growth season (Liu et al, 2004).…”

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Development of a <i>Larix principis</i>-<i>rupprechtii</i> tree-ring width chronology and its climatic signals for the southern Greater Higgnan Mountains

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Forty-one living larch (Larix principis-rupprechtii) trees collected from two sampling sites in 1310-1530 m a.s.l. in the southern Greater Higgnan Mountains in the northeastern China are used to develop a regional tree-ring width chronology. The credible chronology spans 185 years from 1830 to 2014. The results of correlation analyses indicate that moisture is the main climatic factor controlling radial growth of larch trees in this mountainous area. Spatial correlation proves that the regional tree-ring width chronology contains climatic signals representative for a large area including the eastern Mongolian Plateau and Nuluerhu Mountains. A comparison between the newly developed chronology and a May-July Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) reconstruction for the Ortindag Sand Land reveals similar variations, particularly in the low-frequency domain. The tree-ring records also capture a severe and sustained drying trend recorded in the 1920s across a wide area of northern China.

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Reconstruction of May–July precipitation in the north Helan Mountain, Inner Mongolia since A.D. 1726 from tree-ring late-wood widths

Cited by 52 publications

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The 1920S Drought Recorded by Tree Rings and Historical Documents in the Semi-Arid and Arid Areas of Northern China

The 1920S Drought Recorded by Tree Rings and Historical Documents in the Semi-Arid and Arid Areas of Northern China

Tree-Ring-Derived Precipitation Records from Inner Mongolia, China, Since A.D. 1627

Development of a <i>Larix principis</i>-<i>rupprechtii</i> tree-ring width chronology and its climatic signals for the southern Greater Higgnan Mountains

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