title: Tree-ring based may-july temperature reconstruction since AD 1630 on the Western Loess Plateau, China.
abstract: Tree-ring samples from Chinese Pine (Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.) collected at Mt. Shimen on the western Loess Plateau, China, were used to reconstruct the mean May-July temperature during AD 1630-2011. The regression model explained 48% of the adjusted variance in the instrumentally observed mean May-July temperature. The reconstruction revealed significant temperature variations at interannual to decadal scales. Cool periods observed in the reconstruction coincided with reduced solar activities. The reconstructed temperature matched well with two other tree-ring based temperature reconstructions conducted on the northern slope of the Qinling Mountains (on the southern margin of the Loess Plateau of China) for both annual and decadal scales. In addition, this study agreed well with several series derived from different proxies. This reconstruction improves upon the sparse network of high-resolution paleoclimatic records for the western Loess Plateau, China.
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Huiming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China; Department of Environmental Science and Technology, School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yongyong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: The State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yanhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D002910:Chronology as Topic; D017753:Ecosystem; D005843:Geography; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D028223:Pinus; D012621:Seasons; D013696:Temperature; D014197:Trees