Central European Agroclimate over the Past 2000 Years

J 2023

Central European Agroclimate over the Past 2000 Years

TORBENSON, Max C. A., Ulf BÜNTGEN, Jan ESPER, Otmar URBAN, Jan BALEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Central European Agroclimate over the Past 2000 Years

Authors

TORBENSON, Max C. A. (guarantor), Ulf BÜNTGEN (276 Germany, belonging to the institution), Jan ESPER, Otmar URBAN, Jan BALEK, Frederick REINIG, Paul J. KRUSIC, Edurne Martinez DEL CASTILLO, Rudolf BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Daniela SEMERÁDOVÁ, Petr ŠTĚPÁNEK, Natálie PERNICOVÁ, Tomáš KOLÁŘ, Michal RYBNÍČEK, Eva KOŇASOVÁ, Juliana ARBELAEZ and Miroslav TRNKA

Edition

Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, 2023, 0894-8755

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10510 Climatic research

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.900 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130992

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0831.1

UT WoS

001010967400001

Keywords in English

Europe; Paleoclimate; Tree rings; Interannual variability; Seasonal effects

Abstract

V originále

Central Europe has experienced a sequence of unprecedented summer droughts since 2015, which had considerable effects on the functioning and productivity of natural and agricultural systems. Placing these recent extremes in a long-term context of natural climate variability is, however, constrained by the limited length of observational records. Here, we use tree-ring stable oxygen and carbon isotopes to develop annually resolved reconstructions of growing season temperature and summer moisture variability for central Europe during the past 2000 years. Both records are independently interpolated across the southern Czech Republic and northeastern Austria to produce explicit estimates of the optimum agroclimatic zones, based on modern references of climatic forcing. Historical documentation of agricultural productivity and climate variability since 1090 CE provides strong quantitative verification of our new reconstructions. Our isotope records not only contain clear expressions of the medieval (920–1000 CE) and Renaissance (early sixteenth century) droughts, but also the relative influence of temperature and moisture on hydroclimatic conditions during the first millennium (including previously reported pluvials during the early third, fifth, and seventh centuries of the Common Era). We conclude that Czech agricultural production has experienced significant extremes over the past 2000 years, which includes periods for which there are no modern analogs.

Citovat

TORBENSON, Max C. A., Ulf BÜNTGEN, Jan ESPER, Otmar URBAN, Jan BALEK, Frederick REINIG, Paul J. KRUSIC, Edurne Martinez DEL CASTILLO, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Daniela SEMERÁDOVÁ, Petr ŠTĚPÁNEK, Natálie PERNICOVÁ, Tomáš KOLÁŘ, Michal RYBNÍČEK, Eva KOŇASOVÁ, Juliana ARBELAEZ and Miroslav TRNKA. Central European Agroclimate over the Past 2000 Years. Journal of Climate. American Meteorological Society, 2023, vol. 36, No 13, p. 4429-4441. ISSN 0894-8755. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0831.1.

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N2  - Central Europe has experienced a sequence of unprecedented summer droughts since 2015, which had considerable effects on the functioning and productivity of natural and agricultural systems. Placing these recent extremes in a long-term context of natural climate variability is, however, constrained by the limited length of observational records. Here, we use tree-ring stable oxygen and carbon isotopes to develop annually resolved reconstructions of growing season temperature and summer moisture variability for central Europe during the past 2000 years. Both records are independently interpolated across the southern Czech Republic and northeastern Austria to produce explicit estimates of the optimum agroclimatic zones, based on modern references of climatic forcing. Historical documentation of agricultural productivity and climate variability since 1090 CE provides strong quantitative verification of our new reconstructions. Our isotope records not only contain clear expressions of the medieval (920–1000 CE) and Renaissance (early sixteenth century) droughts, but also the relative influence of temperature and moisture on hydroclimatic conditions during the first millennium (including previously reported pluvials during the early third, fifth, and seventh centuries of the Common Era). We conclude that Czech agricultural production has experienced significant extremes over the past 2000 years, which includes periods for which there are no modern analogs.
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TORBENSON, Max C. A., Ulf BÜNTGEN, Jan ESPER, Otmar URBAN, Jan BALEK, Frederick REINIG, Paul J. KRUSIC, Edurne Martinez DEL CASTILLO, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Daniela SEMERÁDOVÁ, Petr ŠTĚPÁNEK, Natálie PERNICOVÁ, Tomáš KOLÁŘ, Michal RYBNÍČEK, Eva KOŇASOVÁ, Juliana ARBELAEZ and Miroslav TRNKA. Central European Agroclimate over the Past 2000 Years. \textit{Journal of Climate}. American Meteorological Society, 2023, vol.~36, No~13, p.~4429-4441. ISSN~0894-8755. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0831.1.

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