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Tree-Ring-Based Spring Temperature Patterns over the Past Four Centuries in Western Himalaya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ram R. Yadav  and
Jayendra Singh
Ram R. Yadav
Affiliation:
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India
Jayendra Singh
Affiliation:
Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, 53 University Road, Lucknow, 226007, India
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Abstract

A network of 12 tree-ring width chronologies of Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara) from the western Himalayan region, India, has been used to reconstruct mean spring (March–May) temperature variations back to A.D. 1600. The most conspicuous feature of the temperature reconstruction is the long-term cooling trend since the late 17th century that ended early in the 20th century. The warmest 30-yr mean for the 20th century was recorded during 1945–1974. However, this warming, in the context of the past four centuries is well within the range of natural variability, since warmer springs of greater magnitude occurred in the later part of the 17th century (1662–1691).

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tree ringsHimalayan cedarCedrus deodaraspring temperature20th centurywestern Himalaya, India

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Quaternary Research , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , May 2012 , pp. 299 - 305
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University of Washington

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