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DOI | 10.1073/pnas.0911197107 |
A 1,200-year perspective of 21st century drought in southwestern North America | |
Woodhouse, Connie A.1,2; Meko, David M.2; MacDonald, Glen M.3; Stahle, Dave W.4; Cooke, Edward R.5 | |
通讯作者 | Woodhouse, Connie A. |
来源期刊 | PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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ISSN | 0027-8424 |
出版年 | 2010 |
卷号 | 107期号:50页码:21283-21288 |
英文摘要 | A key feature of anticipated 21st century droughts in Southwest North America is the concurrence of elevated temperatures and increased aridity. Instrumental records and paleoclimatic evidence for past prolonged drought in the Southwest that coincide with elevated temperatures can be assessed to provide insights on temperature-drought relations and to develop worst-case scenarios for the future. In particular, during the medieval period, similar to AD 900-1300, the Northern Hemisphere experienced temperatures warmer than all but the most recent decades. Paleoclimatic and model data indicate increased temperatures in western North America of approximately 1 degrees C over the long-term mean. This was a period of extensive and persistent aridity over western North America. Paleoclimatic evidence suggests drought in the mid-12th century far exceeded the severity, duration, and extent of subsequent droughts. The driest decade of this drought was anomalously warm, though not as warm as the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The convergence of prolonged warming and arid conditions suggests the mid-12th century may serve as a conservative analogue for severe droughts that might occur in the future. The severity, extent, and persistence of the 12th century drought that occurred under natural climate variability, have important implications for water resource management. The causes of past and future drought will not be identical but warm droughts, inferred from paleoclimatic records, demonstrate the plausibility of extensive, severe droughts, provide a long-term perspective on the ongoing drought conditions in the Southwest, and suggest the need for regional sustainability planning for the future. |
英文关键词 | climate change water resources paleoclimatology medieval period |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000285521500014 |
WOS关键词 | MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD ; SIERRA-NEVADA ; UNITED-STATES ; TROPICAL PACIFIC ; CHANGING CLIMATE ; COLORADO RIVER ; PRECIPITATION ; USA ; RECONSTRUCTIONS ; TEMPERATURE |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/166107 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Arizona, Sch Geog & Dev, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA; 2.Univ Arizona, Tree Ring Res Lab, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA; 3.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Geog, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA; 4.Univ Arkansas, Dept Geosci, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA; 5.Columbia Univ, Lamont Doherty Geol Observ, Palisades, NY 10964 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Woodhouse, Connie A.,Meko, David M.,MacDonald, Glen M.,et al. A 1,200-year perspective of 21st century drought in southwestern North America[J],2010,107(50):21283-21288. |
APA | Woodhouse, Connie A.,Meko, David M.,MacDonald, Glen M.,Stahle, Dave W.,&Cooke, Edward R..(2010).A 1,200-year perspective of 21st century drought in southwestern North America.PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,107(50),21283-21288. |
MLA | Woodhouse, Connie A.,et al."A 1,200-year perspective of 21st century drought in southwestern North America".PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 107.50(2010):21283-21288. |
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