Articles | Volume 7, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-685-2011
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-685-2011
Research article
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04 Jul 2011
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2011

Climate patterns in north central China during the last 1800 yr and their possible driving force

L. Tan, Y. Cai, Z. An, L. Yi, H. Zhang, and S. Qin

Abstract. We synthesized high-resolution precisely-dated stalagmite records and historical document records from north central China to reconstruct a decadal resolution precipitation record during the last 1800 years (190–1980 AD). The synthesized precipitation record shows coincident variations and significant positive correlations with the temperature reconstructions on centennial- to multidecadal-scale, suggesting warm-humid/cool-dry was the main climate pattern in north central China over the past 1800 years. Solar activity may be the dominant force that drove the same-phase variations of the temperature and precipitation in north central China.

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