High-resolution multiproxy climatic records from ice cores, tree-rings, corals and documentary sources using eigenvector techniques and maps

Palaeotemperature sensitive series from tree-rings, ice cores, corals and documentary sources are combined to producepalaeo summer-temperaturereconstructions (AD 1970-1761)and geographical eigenvector (EOF) maps in both hemispheres. They are compared favourably to those of existing summer-temperature average series. There are 51 palaeoseries in the Northern Hemisphere (mostly north of 40° N) and 16 series in the Southern Hemisphere. The statistics and significance of the palaeoreconstructions are examined by: (1) finding the correlation coefficient (palaeo to measured) as a function of the number and geographical distribution of the palaeo series; (2) developing and running a multiproxy model that generates pseudo series containing a signal and the same types and amounts of noise found in the various real palaeo series. The model reproduces the measured correlation coefficients and the eigenvector's (EOF) explained variances as functions of the number of sites. About 77% of the signal variance can be recovered with 51 well-distributed palaeo series and about 90% with greater than 100 series. The 1st eigenvector (EOF l) component maps in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are fundamentally different, with the Northern having much less longitudinal variation than the Southern. This means (statistically) that simple hemispheric averages of summer temperature have more meaning in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern. Even though the various palaeoseries have different spectral biases, noise types and amounts, they were all used together and the common signal extracted. The results of this work strongly suggest that the multiproxy method is valid and that with enough sites most of the summer signal and geographical pattern can be extracted

Climatology · Empirical orthogonal functions · Geography · Noise (video · Northern Hemisphere · Physical geography · Series (stratigraphy · Southern Hemisphere · Climate variability and models · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Tree-ring climate responses · Geology · Paleontology

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