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A tree-ring reconstruction of the South Asian summer monsoon index over the past millennium Feng Shi1, Jianping Li2,3 & Rob J. S. Wilson4 1 State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China 2 College of Global Change and Earth System Science (GCESS), Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China 3 Joint Center for Global Change Studies, Beijing 100875, China 4 School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AL, ScotlandUK. ABSTRACT The South Asian summer monsoon (SASM) is a major atmospheric synoptic climate system affecting nearly a quarter of the human population. Climate proxy data derived from tree rings, ice cores, speleothems, and other sources can all contribute to an understanding of SASM variability prior to instrumental period. Here, we develop an optimal information extraction (OIE) method, which we use to reconstruct the SASM index (SASMI) over the last millennium using 15 tree-ring chronologies. The record generated is significantly correlated (r=0.7, p＜0.01) with the instrumental SASMI record on annual timescales; this correlation is higher than that obtained in any previous study. The reconstructed SASMI captures 18 of 26 (69%) reordered historical famine events in India over the last millennium; notably, 11 of 16 short events with durations of 1–3 years are accurately depicted in our reconstruction. Moreover, the reconstructed SASMI is positively correlated with variations in total solar irradiance (TSI) on multi-decadal timescales implying that variations in solar activity may influence the SASM. Based on the response of SASM to 34 significant volcanic events using the superposed epoch analysis, the volcanic forcing may drive a weak SASM in the second year of an eruption. KEY WORDS: South Asian summer monsoon (SASM), tree-ring, optimal information extraction (OIE), total solar irradiance (TSI), volcanic forcing PUBLISHED BY: Sci. Rep., 2014, 4, DOI: 10.1038/srep06739 SOURCE: http://www.nature.com/srep/2014/141023/srep06739/full/srep06739.html |
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