Based on four tree-ring chronologies which was analyscd with appropriate collection and accurate dating in the middle Tibetan Plateau,an essential procedure on reconstruction of past climate has been pointed out in th...Based on four tree-ring chronologies which was analyscd with appropriate collection and accurate dating in the middle Tibetan Plateau,an essential procedure on reconstruction of past climate has been pointed out in this paper.First,the response function of each dendrochronology has been built and used to estimate how ring-width growth responds to variations in monthly climatic change.Second,the climate factors which could be produced with different tree-ring series have been selected.Then,the transfer function equation,including a new set of orthogonal variables,can be used to reconstruct local past temperature or precipitation.It should be emphasized that prior growth has been considered in the relationship between climate factor and tree-ring chronology,Besides,some different periods for calibration and verification have been divided.And some statistics and other kinds of proxy data have been adopted as test approaches.As a result,the variations of air temperature during the last 600 years and precipitation during the last 340 years were reconstructed by combining the same types of tree-ring series in the middle Tibet.展开更多
基金The project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘Based on four tree-ring chronologies which was analyscd with appropriate collection and accurate dating in the middle Tibetan Plateau,an essential procedure on reconstruction of past climate has been pointed out in this paper.First,the response function of each dendrochronology has been built and used to estimate how ring-width growth responds to variations in monthly climatic change.Second,the climate factors which could be produced with different tree-ring series have been selected.Then,the transfer function equation,including a new set of orthogonal variables,can be used to reconstruct local past temperature or precipitation.It should be emphasized that prior growth has been considered in the relationship between climate factor and tree-ring chronology,Besides,some different periods for calibration and verification have been divided.And some statistics and other kinds of proxy data have been adopted as test approaches.As a result,the variations of air temperature during the last 600 years and precipitation during the last 340 years were reconstructed by combining the same types of tree-ring series in the middle Tibet.
