Multi-archive summer temperature reconstruction for the European Alps, AD 1053-1996

Mathias Trachsel; Christian Kamenik; Martin Grosjean; Danny McCarroll; Anders Moberg; Rudolf Brázdil; Ulf Büntgen; Petr Dobrovolný; Jan Esper; David C. Frank; Michael Friedrich; Rüdiger Glaser; Isabelle Larocque-Tobler; Kurt Nicolussi; Dirk Riemann

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.021

Multi-archive summer temperature reconstruction for the European Alps, AD 1053-1996

Mathias Trachsel, Christian Kamenik, Martin Grosjean, Danny McCarroll, Anders Moberg, Rudolf Brázdil, Ulf Büntgen, Petr Dobrovolný, Jan Esper, David C. Frank, Michael Friedrich, Rüdiger Glaser, Isabelle Larocque-Tobler, Kurt Nicolussi, Dirk Riemann

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We present a multi-archive, multi-proxy summer temperature reconstruction for the European Alps covering the period AD 1053-1996 using tree-ring and lake sediment data. The new reconstruction is based on nine different calibration approaches and errors were estimated conservatively. Summer temperatures of the last millennium are characterised by two warm (AD 1053-1171 and 1823-1996) and two cold phases (AD 1172-1379 and 1573-1822). Highest pre-industrial summer temperatures of the 12th century were 0.3 °C warmer than the 20th century mean but 0.35 °C colder than proxy derived temperatures at the end of the 20th century. The lowest temperatures at the end of the 16th century were ∼1 °C lower than the 20th century mean.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	66-79
Number of pages	14
Journal	Quaternary Science Reviews
Volume	46
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.021
State	Published - Jul 16 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Alps
Climate
Climate reconstruction
Last millennium
Multi-proxy
Paleoclimate

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Global and Planetary Change
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Archaeology
Archaeology
Geology

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Trachsel, M., Kamenik, C., Grosjean, M., McCarroll, D., Moberg, A., Brázdil, R., Büntgen, U., Dobrovolný, P., Esper, J., Frank, D. C., Friedrich, M., Glaser, R., Larocque-Tobler, I., Nicolussi, K., & Riemann, D. (2012). Multi-archive summer temperature reconstruction for the European Alps, AD 1053-1996. Quaternary Science Reviews, 46, 66-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.021

Trachsel, M, Kamenik, C, Grosjean, M, McCarroll, D, Moberg, A, Brázdil, R, Büntgen, U, Dobrovolný, P, Esper, J, Frank, DC, Friedrich, M, Glaser, R, Larocque-Tobler, I, Nicolussi, K & Riemann, D 2012, 'Multi-archive summer temperature reconstruction for the European Alps, AD 1053-1996', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 46, pp. 66-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.021

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