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Rainfall variations in central Indo-Pacific over the past 2,700 y
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Tan, Liangcheng (author)
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Shen, Chuan-Chou (author)
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Löwemark, Ludvig (author)
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Chawchai, Sakonvan (author)
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Edwards, R. Lawrence (author)
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Cai, Yanjun (author)
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Breitenbach, Sebastian F. M. (author)
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Cheng, Hai J. (author)
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Chou, Yu-Chen (author)
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Duerrast, Helmut (author)
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Partin, Judson W. (author)
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Cai, Wenju (author)
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Chabangborn, Akkaneewut (author)
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Gao, Yongli (author)
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Kwiecien, Ola (author)
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Wu, Chung-Che (author)
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Shi, Zhengguo (author)
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Hsu, Huang-Hsiung (author)
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- Wohlfarth, Barbara (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper
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- 2019-08-12
- 2019
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In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. - 0027-8424 .- 1091-6490. ; 116:35, s. 17201-17206
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- Tropical rainfall variability is closely linked to meridional shifts of the Intertropical Convergence Zone ( ITCZ) and zonal movements of the Walker circulation. The characteristics and mechanisms of tropical rainfall variations on centennial to decadal scales are, however, still unclear. Here, we reconstruct a replicated stalagmite-based 2,700-y-long, continuous record of rainfall for the deeply convective northern central Indo-Pacific ( NCIP) region. Our record reveals decreasing rainfall in the NCIP over the past 2,700 y, similar to other records from the northern tropics. Notable centennial-to decadal-scale dry climate episodes occurred in both the NCIP and the southern central Indo-Pacific ( SCIP) during the 20th century [ Current Warm Period ( CWP)] and the Medieval Warm Period ( MWP), resembling enhanced El Nino-like conditions. Further, we developed a 2,000-y-long ITCZ shift index record that supports an overall southward ITCZ shift in the central Indo-Pacific and indicates southward mean ITCZ positions during the early MWP and the CWP. As a result, the drying trend since the 20th century in the northern tropics is similar to that observed during the past warm period, suggesting that a possible anthropogenic forcing of rainfall remains indistinguishable from natural variability.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- central Indo-Pacific
- rainfall
- ENSO
- ITCZ
- stalagmite
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Tan, Liangcheng
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Shen, Chuan-Chou
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Cai, Yanjun
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Breitenbach, Seb ...
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Cheng, Hai J.
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Chou, Yu-Chen
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Cai, Wenju
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Chabangborn, Akk ...
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Gao, Yongli
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Kwiecien, Ola
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Wu, Chung-Che
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