Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5114157 | Quaternary International | 2016 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
The studied summer proxies show a remarkably strong linear relationship with nearby records outside the NBC, weakening as their distance increases. The two most persistent multi-decadal cold summer periods (â¼1780-1840 & 1430-1500 AD) were decisively mirrored in the proxies. The longest and most recent reconstruction from the North Slovakian Tatras shows a unique warming (after â¼1900 AD) reflected neither within, nor outside the NBC, casting doubt on its reliability. In general, weaker coherence was observed between the hydroclimate proxies, drawing attention to a general phenomenon: the range of the spatial representativity of hydroclimate proxies is usually smaller. Therefore, their network should be further developed. One of a few shared regional summer drought periods occurred in the 1750s, being most pronounced in the Central and Southeastern NBC. Moreover, this was reflected in the neighboring South Moravian drought history, too. These results will hopefully serve as a stepping-stone for future research on spatiotemporal patterns of climate changes and their causes in the NBC region.
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Authors
Zoltán Kern, Alexandra Németh, Margit Horoszné Gulyás, Ionel Popa, Tom LevaniÄ, István Gábor Hatvani,