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JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH  2013, Vol. 33 Issue (5): 1520-1526    DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2013.00218
Weather and Climate     
Variation of Annual Precipitation during 1768-2006 in Gansu Inferred from Multi-site Tree-ring Chronologies
CHEN Feng1,2, WEI Wen-shou1, YUAN Yu-jiang1, YU Shu-long1, SHANG Hua-ming1, ZHANG Tong-wen1, ZHANG Rui-bo1, WANG Hui-qin1, QIN Li1
1.Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Tree-ring Ecology/Key Laboratory of Tree-ring Physical and Chemical Research of China Meteorological Administration, Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Urumqi 830002, China;
2.Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Western Chinas Environmental Systems/Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Abstract  

The 12 tree-ring width chronologies and precipitation data from 28 meteorological  stations were selected to build the tree-ring field and precipitation field in Gansu. The climate-response analysis showed the first eigenvector of the tree-ring field had a good correlation (r=0.58) with precipitation from July to next June in Gansu. Based on the first eigenvector of the tree-ring field in Gansu, we reconstructed precipitation from July to next June during 1768-2006 in Gansu. The climate/tree-growth model accounted for 33.6% of the observed precipitation variance during 1961-2006. Eleven dry period (precipitation values higher than the average value of reconstructed precipitation data) and eleven wet period (precipitation values lower than the average value of reconstructed precipitation data) was found during 1768-2006, which reflected the strong-weak changes of the East Asian Summer Monsoon. The low values of reconstructed precipitation data were in substantial agreement with drought events in the historical archives in Gansu. Spatial correlation analyses revealed that the reconstructed precipitation data contained a strong regional precipitation signal in Gansu, which was affected by East Asian Summer Monsoon. The spectral analysis by multi-taper method indicated the existence of 36.6 years (95%), 11.2 years (95%), 4.8 years (95%), 3.4 years (95%), 3.1 years (95%), 2.6 years (95%), 2.4 years (99%) cycles of the reconstructed precipitation variation. The comparison of reconstructed precipitation data in Gansu, monsoon region and the Westerly area of the mid-latitude Asia revealed that there were some good correlations among them, and the East Asian Summer Monsoon had the greater effects on the precipitation in Gansu than the Westerlies.

Key words:  Gansu      tree-ring      precipitation reconstruction      the Westerly      East Asian Summer Monsoon     
Received:  15 June 2012      Published:  13 August 2012
ZTFLH:  P467  

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CHEN Feng1,2, WEI Wen-shou1, YUAN Yu-jiang1, YU Shu-long1, SHANG Hua-ming1, ZHANG Tong-wen1, ZHANG Rui-bo1, WANG Hui-qin1, QIN Li1. Variation of Annual Precipitation during 1768-2006 in Gansu Inferred from Multi-site Tree-ring Chronologies. JOURNAL OF DESERT RESEARCH, 2013, 33(5): 1520-1526.

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