Five centuries of Central European temperature extremes
reconstructed from tree-ring density and documentary evidence

J 2010

Five centuries of Central European temperature extremes reconstructed from tree-ring density and documentary evidence

BATTIPAGLIA, Giovanna, David FRANK, Ulf BÜNTGEN, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Rudolf BRÁZDIL et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Five centuries of Central European temperature extremes reconstructed from tree-ring density and documentary evidence

Authors

BATTIPAGLIA, Giovanna (380 Italy), David FRANK (756 Switzerland), Ulf BÜNTGEN (756 Switzerland, guarantor), Petr DOBROVOLNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Rudolf BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Christian PFISTER (756 Switzerland) and Jan ESPER (276 Germany)

Edition

Global and Planetary Change, Elsevier, 2010, 0921-8181

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.351

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/10:00044264

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000280040300009

Keywords in English

temperature extremes maximum latewood density documentary evidence European Alps Central Europe palaeoclimatology

Abstract

V originále

Future climate change will likely in"uence the frequency and intensity of weather extremes. As such events are by de!nition rare, long records are required to understand their characteristics, drivers, and consequences on ecology and society. Herein we provide a unique perspective on regional-scale temperature extremes over the past millennium, using three tree-ring maximum latewood density (MXD) chronologies from higher elevations in the European Alps. We verify the tree-ring-based extremes using documentary evidences from Switzerland, the Czech Republic, and Central Europe that allowed the identi!cation of 44 summer extremes over the 1550-2003 period. These events include cold temperatures in 1579, 1628, 1675, and 1816, as well as warm ones in 1811 and 2003. Prior to 1550, we provide new evidence for cold (e.g., 1068 and 1258) and warm (e.g., 1333) summers derived from the combined MXD records and thus help to characterize high-frequency temperature variability during medieval times. Spatial coherence of the reconstructed extremes is found over Switzerland, with most signatures even extending across Central Europe. We discuss potential limitations of the tree-ring and documentary archives, including the (i) ability of MXD to particularly capture extremely warm temperatures, (ii) methodological identi!cation and relative de!nition of extremes, and (iii) placement of those events in the millennium-long context of low-frequency climate change.

Citovat

BATTIPAGLIA, Giovanna, David FRANK, Ulf BÜNTGEN, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Christian PFISTER and Jan ESPER. Five centuries of Central European temperature extremes reconstructed from tree-ring density and documentary evidence. Global and Planetary Change. Elsevier, 2010, vol. 72, No 10, p. 182–191. ISSN 0921-8181.

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BATTIPAGLIA, Giovanna, David FRANK, Ulf BÜNTGEN, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Christian PFISTER and Jan ESPER. Five centuries of Central European temperature extremes reconstructed from tree-ring density and documentary evidence. \textit{Global and Planetary Change}. Elsevier, 2010, vol.~72, No~10, p.~182–191. ISSN~0921-8181.

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