Summer temperature reconstruction on the central Tibetan plateau during 1860-2002 derived from annually resolved ice core pollen

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Yang, Bao ^a,b   Tang, Lingyu ^c   Bräuning, Achim ^b   Davis, Mary E ^d   Shao, Jajun ^a   Jingjing, Liu ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEPPE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 62149110011     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010142     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Bourgeois, J. C. (1986), A pollen record from the Agassiz ice cap, northern Ellesmere Island, Boreas, 15, 345-354.
2. Bourgeois, J. C., R. M. Koerner, K. Gajewski, and D. A. Fisher (2000), A Holocene ice-core pollen record from Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada, Quat. Res., 54(2), 275-283, doi:10.1006/qres.2000.2156.
3. Bourgeois, J. C., K. Gajewski, and R. M. Koerner (2001), Spatial patterns of pollen deposition in arctic snow, J. Geophys. Res., 106(D6), 5255-5265, doi:10.1029/2000JD900708.
4. Bräuning, A. (2001), Climate history of the Tibetan Plateau during the last 1000 years derived from a network of Juniper chronologies, Dendrochronologia, 19(1), 127-137.
5. Bräuning, A. (2006), Tree-ring evidence of "Little Ice Age" glacier advances in southern Tibet, Holocene, 16, 369-380, doi:10.1191/0959683606h1922rp.
6. Bräuning, A., and B. Mantwill (2004), Summer temperature and summer monsoon history on the Tibetan plateau during the last 400 years recorded by tree rings, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L24205, doi:10.1029/2004GL020793.
7. Brown, J., I. Simmonds, and D. Noone (2006), Modeling d18O in tropical precipitation an the surface ocean for present day climate, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D05105, doi:10.1029/2004JD005611.
8. Cook, E. R., P. J. Krusic, and P. D. Jones (2003), Dendrochmatic Signals in Long Tree-Ring Chronologies from the Himalayas of Nepal, Int. J. Climatol., 23(7), 707-732, doi:10.1002/joc.911.
9. Dansgaard, W. (1964), Stable isotope in precipitation, Tellus, 14, 436-468.
10. Davis, M. E., L. G. Thompson, T. Yao, and N. Wang (2005), Forcing of the Asian monsoon on the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from high-resolution ice core and tropical coral records, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D04101, doi:10.1029/2004JD004933.
11. Du, M., S. Kawashima, S. Yonemura, X. Zhang, and S. Chen (2004), Mutual influence between human activities and climate change in the Tibetan Plateau during recent years, Global Planet. Change, 41, 241-249, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.01.010.
12. Feng, S., Q. Hu, and W. Qian (2004), Quality control of daily meteorological data in China, 1951-2000: A new dataset, Int. J. Climatol., 24, 853-870, doi:10.1002/joc.1047.
13. Fredskild, B., and P. Wagner (1974), Pollen and fragments of plant tissue in core samples from the Greenland ice cap, Boreas, 3, 105-108.
14. Frenzel, B. (2002), History of flora and vegetation during the Quaternary, Prog. Bot., 63, 368-385.
15. Fritts, H. C. (1976), Tree Rings and Climate, 567 pp., Academic, London.
16. Gou, X., M. Yang, J. Peng, Y. Zhang, T. Chen, and Z. Hou (2006), Maximum temperature reconstruction for Animaqing Mountains over past 830 years based on tree ring records, Quat. Sci., 26(6), 991-998.
17. Gou, X., J. Feng, F. Chen, M. Yang, D. F. Levia, and J. Li (2007), A dendrochronological analysis of the maximum summer-half-year temperature variations over the past 700 years on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 93(3-4), 195-206.
18. Herzschuh, U. (2007), Reliability of pollen ratios for environmental reconstructions on the Tibetan Plateau, J. Biogeogr., 34, 1265-1273, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01680.x.
19. Herzschuh, U., K. Winter, B. Wünnemann, and S. Li (2006), A general cooling trend on the central Tibetan Plateau throughout the Holocene recorded by the Lake Zigetang pollen spectra, Quaternary Int., 154-155, 113-121, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2006.02.005.
20. Hoffmann, G. (2003), Taking the pulse of the tropical water cycle, Science, 301, 776-777, doi:10.1126/science.1085066.
21. Hoffmann, G., et al. (2003), Coherent isotope history of Andean ice cores over the last century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(4), 1179, doi:10.1029/2002GL014870.
22. Holmes, J. A., J. Zhang, F. Chen, and M. Qiang (2007), Paleoclimatic implications of an 850-year oxygen-isotope record from the northern Tibetan Plateau, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L23403, doi:10.1029/ 2007GL032228.
23. Jansen, E., et al. (2007), Palaeoclimate, in Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, edited by S. Solomon et al., pp. 433-497, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U. K.
24. Jouzel, J., et al. (1997), Validity of the temperature reconstruction from water isotopes in ice cores, J. Geophys. Res., 102(C12), 26,471-26,487, doi:10.1029/97JC01283.
25. Kang, S., Y. Zhang, D. Qing, J. Ren, Q. Zhang, B. Grigholm, and P. A. Mayewski (2007), Recent temperature increase recorded in an ice core in the source region of Yangtze River, Chin. Sci. Bull., 52(6), 825-831, doi:10.1007/s11434-007-0140-1.
26. Li, X., C. Yi, F. Chen, T. Yao, and X. Li (2006), Formation of proglacial dunes in front of the Puruogangri Icefield in the central Qinghai - Tibet Plateau: Implications for reconstructing paleoenvironmental changes since the Lateglacial, Quaternary Int., 154-155, 122-127, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2006.02.006.
27. Lichti-Federovich, S. (1975), Pollen analysis of ice core samples from the Devon Island ice cap, Pap. Geol. Surv. Can., 75-1, 441-444.
28. Liu, K. B., Z. J. Yao, and L. G. Thompson (1998), A pollen record of Holocene climatic ebanges from The Dunde ice cap, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Geology, 26(2), 135-138, doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1998) 026<0135:APROHC>2.3.CO;2.
29. Liu, K. B., C. A. Reese, and L. G. Thompson (2005), Ice-core pollen record of climatic changes in the central Andes during the last 400 years, Quat. Res., 64(2), 272-278, doi:10.1016 /j.yqres.2005.06.001.
30. Liu, K. B., C. A. Reese, and L. G. Thompson (2007), A potential pollen proxy for ENSO derived from the Sajama ice core, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09504, doi:10.1029/2006GL029018.
31. Liu, X. D., and D. Chen (2000), Climatic warming in the Tibetan Plateau during recent decades, Int. J. Climatol., 20, 1729-1742, doi:10.1002/1097-0088(20001130)20:14<1729::AID-JOC556>3.0.CO;2-Y.
32. Liu, X. D., M. F. Zhang, and X. Y. Hui (1998), Contemporary climatic change of Qinghai-Xizang (Tibetan) Plateau and its response to greenhouse effect, Sci. Geogr. Sin., 18(2), 113-121.
33. Lü, H. Y., S. Wang, C. Shen, X. Yang, G. Tong, and K. B. Liu (2004), Spatial pattern of modern Abies and Picea pollen in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, (in Chinese), Quat. Sci., 49(1), 39-49.
34. McAndrews, J. H. (1984), Pollen analysis of the 1973 ice core from Devon Island glacier, Canada, Quat. Res., 22, 68-76, doi:10.1016/ 0033-5894(84)90007-3.
35. Meko, D. M., and D. A. Graybill (1995), Tree-ring reconstruction of Upper Gila River discharge, Water Resour. Bull., 31, 605-616.
36. Miehe, G., S. Miehe, M. Will, L. Opgenoorth, L. Duo, T. Dorgeh, and J. Liu (2007), An inventory of forest relics in the pastures of Southern Tibet (Xizang A. R., China), Plant Ecol., 194(2), 157-177, doi:10.1007/s11258-007-9282-0.
37. Prentice, I. C., W. Cramer, S. P. Harrison, R. Leemans, R. A. Monserud, and A. M. Solomon (1992), A global biome model based on plant physiology and dominance, soil properties and climate, J. Biogeogr., 19, 117-134, doi:10.2307/2845499.
38. Reese, C. A., and K. B. Liu (2002), Pollen dispersal and deposition on the Quelecaya Ice Cap, Peru, Phys. Geogr., 23(1), 44-58, doi:10.2747/0272-3646.23.1.44.
39. Reese, C. A., and K. B. Liu (2005a), Interannual variability in pollen dispersal and deposition on the tropical Quelccaya fee Cap, Prof. Geogr., 57(2), 185-197, doi:10.1111/j.0033-0124.2005.00471.x.
40. Reese, C. A., and K. B. Liu (2005b), A modern pollen rain study from the central Andes region of South America, J. Biogeogr., 32, 709-718, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01183.x.
41. Reese, C. A., K. B. Liu, and K. R. Mountain (2003), Pollen dispersal and deposition on the ice cap of Volcan Parinacota, southwestern Bolivia, Arct. Antarct. Alp. Res., 35(4), 469-474, doi:10.1657/ 1523-0430(2003)035[0469:PDADOT]2.0.CO;2.
42. Ren, G., and H.-J. Beug (2002), Mapping Holocene pollen data and vegetation of China, Quat. Sci. Rev., 21, 1395-1422, doi:10.1016/ S0277-3791(01)00119-6.
43. Shen, C., K. B. Liu, L. Tang, and J. T. Overpeck (2006), Quantitative relationships between modern pollen rain and climate in the Tibetan Plateau, Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 140(1-2), 61-77, doi:10.1016/ j.revpalbo.2006.03.001.
44. Short, S. K., and G. Holdsworth (1985), Pollen, oxygen isotope content and seasonality in an ice core from the Penny ice cap, Baffin Island, Arctic, 38, 214-218.
45. Thompson, L. G., E. Mosley-Thompson, and K. A. Henderson (2000), Ice core paleoclimate records in tropical South America since the last glacial maximum, J. Quaternary Sci., 15, 377-394, doi:10.1002/ 1099-1417(200005)15:4<377::AID-JQS542>3.0.CO;2-L.
46. Thompson, L. G., M. E. Davis, E. Mosley-Thompson, K. Henderson, P-.N. Lin, and T. Mashiotta (2005), Tropical ice core records: Evidence for asynchronous glaciation on Milankovitch timescales, J. Quaternary Sci., 20(7-8), 723-733, doi:10.1002/jqs.972.
47. Thompson, L. G., E. Mosley-Thompson, H. Brecher, M. E. Davis, B. Leon, D. Les, T. A. Mashiotta, P.-N. Lin, and K. Mountain (2006a), Evidence of abrupt tropical climate change: Past and present, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 103(28), 10,536-10,543, doi:10.1073/pnas.0603900103.
48. Thompson, L. G., T. Yao, M. E. Davis, E. Mosley-Thompson, P. N. Lin, T. A. Mashiotta, V. N. Mikhalenko, and V. S. Zagordonov (2006b), Holocene climate variability archived in the Puruogangri ice cape from the central Tibetan Plateau, Ann. Glaciol., 43, 61-69, doi:10.3189/ 172756406781812357.
49. Vuille, M., and M. Werner (2005), Stable isotopes in precipitation recording South American summer monsoon and ENSO variability: Observations and model results, Clim. Dyn., 25(4),401-413, doi:10.1007/s00382-005-0049-9.
50. Vuille, M., M. Werner, R. S. Bradley, and F. Keimig (2005), Stable isotopes in precipitation in the Asian monsoon region, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D23108, doi:10.1029/2005JD006022.
51. Wang, N., T. Yao, J. Pu, Y. Zhang, and W. Sun (2006), Climatic and environmental changes over the last millennium recorded in the Malan ice core from the northern Tibetan Plateau, Sci. Chin., Ser. D, 49(10), 1079-1089, doi:10.1007/s11430-006-1079-9.
52. Webster, P. J., V. O. Magana, T. N. Palmer, J. Shukla, R. A. Tomas, M. Yanai, and T. Yasunari (1998), Monsoons: Processes, predictability, and the prospects for prediction, J. Geophys. Res., 103(C7), 14,451-14,510, doi:10.1029/97JC02719.
53. Weng, C.-Y., X.-J. Sun, and Y.-S. Chen (1993), Numerical characteristics of pollen assemblages of surface samples from the west Kunlun Mountains, Acta Bot. Sin., 35(1), 69-79.
54. Wu, X. D., and Z. Y. Lin (1981), Climatic change during the last 2000 years in Tibet (in Chinese), in Proceedings of Symposium on Climatic Change, pp. 19-25, Science Press, Beijing.
55. Wu, Y., S. Wang, and W. Xia (2001), Environmental variation in central Tibetan Plateau in the last 200 years, Sci. Chin., Ser. D, 44, suppl., 332-337, doi:10.1007/BF02912003.
56. Yang, B., A. Bräuning, T. Yao, and M. E. Davis (2007), Correlation between the oxygen isotope record from Dasuopu ice core and the Asian Southwest Monsoon during the last millennium, Quat. Sci. Rev., 26, 1810-1817, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.03.003.
57. Yao, T., Y. Shi, and L. G. Thompson (1997), High resolution record of paleoclimate since the Little Ice Age from the Tibetan ice cores, Quaternary Int., 37, 19-23, doi:10.1016/1040-6182(96)00006-7.
58. Yao, T., Y. Wang, S. Liu, J. Pu, Y. Shen, and A. Lu (2004), Recent glacial retreat in High Asia in China and its impact on water resource in North-west China, Sci. Chin., 47, 1065-1075.
59. Yao, T., X. Guo, and L. G. Thompson (2006a), δ18O record and temperature change over the past 100 years in ice cores on the Tibetan Plateau, Sci. Chin., Ser. D, 49(1), 1-9, doi:10.1007/ s11430-004-5096-2.
60. Yao, T., Z. Li, L. G. Thompson, E. Mosley-Thompson, Y. Wang, L. Tian, N. Wang, and K. Duan (2006b), δ18O record in Tibetan ice reveals differences in climatic changes, Ann. Glaciol., 43, 1-7, doi:10.3189/172756406781812131.
61. Yi, C., X. Li, and J. Qu (2002), Quaternary glaciation of Puruogangri - The largest modern ice field in Tibet, Quaternary Int., 97-98, 111-121, doi:10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00056-3.
62. Yu, G., I. C. Prentice, S. P. Harrison, and X. Sun (1998), Pollen-based biome reconstructions for China at 0 and 6000 years, J. Biogeogr., 25, 1055-1069, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00237.x.
63. Yu, Gi, L. Tang, X. Yang, X. Ke, and S. Harrision (2001), Modern pollen samples from alpine vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau, Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr., 10, 503-519, doi:10.1046/j.1466-822X.2001.00258.x.
64. Zhang, W., T. Wang, J. Qu, X. Li, R. Zou, and B. Yang (2005), Developmental characteristics of aeolian dunes and environmental changes in the adjoining region of Puruogangri ice sheet, North Tibetan Plateau, Environ. Geol., 48(1), 15-24, doi:10.1007/s00254-005-1242-1.