Annual precipitation in the yellowstone National Park region since AD 1173
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24087863 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen T Gray (0000-0002-0959-3418, University of Wyoming, corresponding author), Lisa J Graumlich (Montana State University), Julio L Betancourt (0000-0002-7165-0743, Arizona Geological Survey) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 18-27 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5894 • E-ISSN: 1096-0287 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.02.002 |
| OpenAlex | W2091671893 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 32 |
Cores and cross sections from 133 limber pine ( Pinus flexilis James) and Douglas fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco) at four sites were used to estimate annual (July to June) precipitation in the Yellowstone National Park region for the period from AD 1173 to 1998. Examination of the long-term record shows that the early 20th century was markedly wet compared to the previous 700 yr. Extreme wet and dry years within the instrumental period fall within the range of past variability, and the magnitude of the worst-case droughts of the 20th century (AD 1930s and 1950s) was likely equaled or exceeded on numerous occasions before AD 1900. Spectral analysis showed significant decadal to multidecadal precipitation variability. At times this lower frequency variability produces strong regime-like behavior in regional precipitation, with the potential for rapid, high-amplitude switching between predominately wet and predominately dry conditions. Over multiple time scales, strong Yellowstone region precipitation anomalies were almost always associated with spatially extensive events spanning various combinations of the central and southern U.S. Rockies, the northern U.S.–Southern Canadian Rockies and the Pacific Northwest.
Archaeology · Climatology · Geography · Meteorology · National park · Period (music) · Physical geography · Precipitation · Range (aeronautics) · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Geology · Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics · Tree-ring climate responses
Co-Occurring Wyoming Pinus Species Exhibit Differing Climate–Growth Relationships
Reconstructed summer temperature in the northern Rocky Mountains wilderness, USA
Synchronous climatic change inferred from diatom records in four western Montana lakes in the U.S. Rocky Mountains
An 1800-yr record of decadal-scale hydroclimatic variability in the upper Arkansas River basin from bristlecone pine
Linking tree-ring and sediment-charcoal records to reconstruct fire occurrence and area burned in subalpine forests of Yellowstone National Park, USA
Associations of multi-decadal sea-surface temperature variability with US drought
Geochemical evidence for hydroclimatic variability over the last 2460 years from Crevice Lake in Yellowstone National Park, USA
A 2650-year-long record of environmental change from northern Yellowstone National Park based on a comparison of multiple proxy data
Reconstructed precipitation for the north-central China over the past 380 years and its linkages to East Asian summer monsoon variability
A diatom record of late Holocene climate variation in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park, USA
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |