DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr, Anders MOBERG, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Christian PFISTER, Ruediger GLASER, Rob WILSON, Aryan VAN ENGELEN, Danuta LIMANOWKA, Andrea KISS, Monika BĚLÍNOVÁ, Jarmila BURIANOVÁ, Dirk RIEMANN, Juerg LUTERBACHER and Reinhard BOEHM. Monthly, seasonal and annual temperature reconstructions for Central Europe derived from documentary evidence and instrumental records since AD 1500. Climatic Change. Dordrecht-Boston-London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2010, vol. 101, 1-2, p. 69-107. ISSN 0165-0009. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9724-x.
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Original name Monthly, seasonal and annual temperature reconstructions for Central Europe derived from documentary evidence and instrumental records since AD 1500
Authors DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Anders MOBERG (752 Sweden), Rudolf BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Christian PFISTER (756 Switzerland), Ruediger GLASER (276 Germany), Rob WILSON (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Aryan VAN ENGELEN (528 Netherlands), Danuta LIMANOWKA (616 Poland), Andrea KISS (348 Hungary), Monika BĚLÍNOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jarmila BURIANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Dirk RIEMANN (276 Germany), Juerg LUTERBACHER (756 Switzerland) and Reinhard BOEHM (40 Austria).
Edition Climatic Change, Dordrecht-Boston-London, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2010, 0165-0009.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 3.016
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/10:00058902
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9724-x
UT WoS 000278401200004
Keywords in English Air Temparature; Documentary Evidence; Early Instrumental Measurements; Climate Reconstruction; Central Europe
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Andrea Mikešková, učo 137293. Changed: 12/4/2013 12:14.
Abstract
Monthly temperature series for Central Europe back to AD 1500 are developed from documentary index series from Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic (1500-1854) and 11 instrumental temperature records (1760-2007). Documentary evidence from the Low Countries, the Carpathian Basin and Poland are used for cross-checking for earlier centuries. The instrumental station records are corrected for inhomogeneities, including insufficient radiation protection of early thermometers and the urban heat island effect. For overlapping period (1760-1854), the documentary data series correlate with instrumental temperatures, most strongly in winter (86% explained variance in January) and least in autumn (56% in September). For annual average temperatures, 81% of the variance is explained. Verification statistics indicate high reconstruction skill for most months and seasons. The last 20 years (since 1988) stand out as very likely the warmest 20-year period, accounting for the calibration uncertainty and decreases in proxy data quality before the calibration period. The new reconstruction displays a previously unobserved long-term decrease in DJF, MAM and JJA temperature variability over last five centuries. Compiled monthly, seasonal and annual series can be used to improve the robustness of gridded large-scale European temperature reconstructions and possible impact studies. Further improvement of the reconstruction would be achieved if documentary data from other European countries are further developed.
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