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contributor authorBiondi, Franco
date accessioned2017-06-09T17:15:25Z
date available2017-06-09T17:15:25Z
date copyright2014/04/01
date issued2013
identifier issn1525-755X
identifier otherams-81942.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4225001
description abstractreparing for future hydroclimatic variability greatly benefits from long (i.e., multicentury) records at seasonal to annual time steps that have been gridded at kilometer-scale spatial intervals over a geographic region. Kriging is commonly used for optimal interpolation of environmental data, and space?time geostatistical models can improve kriging estimates when long temporal sequences of observations exist at relatively few points on the landscape. A network of 22 tree-ring chronologies from single-leaf pinyon (Pinus monophylla) in the central Great Basin of North America was used to extend hydroclimatic records both temporally and spatially. First, the line of organic correlation (LOC) method was used to reconstruct October?May total precipitation anomalies at each tree-ring site, as these ecotonal environments at the lower forest border are typically moisture-limited areas. Individual site reconstructions were then combined using a hierarchical model of spatiotemporal kriging that produced annual anomaly maps on a 12 km ? 12 km grid during the period in common among all chronologies (1650?1976). Hydroclimatic episodes were numerically identified using their duration, magnitude, and peak. Precipitation anomalies were spatially more variable during wet years than during dry years, and the evolution of drought episodes over space and time could be visualized and quantified. The most remarkable episode in the entire reconstruction was the early 1900s pluvial, followed by the late 1800s drought. The 1930s Dust Bowl drought was among the top 10 hydroclimatic episodes in the past few centuries. These results directly address the needs of water and natural resource managers with respect to planning for worst-case scenarios of drought duration and magnitude at the watershed level.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleDendroclimatic Reconstruction at Kilometer-Scale Grid Points: A Case Study from the Great Basin of North America
typeJournal Paper
journal volume15
journal issue2
journal titleJournal of Hydrometeorology
identifier doi10.1175/JHM-D-13-0151.1
journal fristpage891
journal lastpage906
treeJournal of Hydrometeorology:;2013:;Volume( 015 ):;issue: 002
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