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Covarying Hydroclimate Patterns between Monsoonal Asia and North America over the Past 600 Years

Fang, K. Y. ; Chen, Deliang ; Li, J. B. and Seppa, H. (2014) In Journal of Climate 27(21). p.8017-8033
Abstract
Proxy data with large spatial coverage spanning to the preindustrial era not only provide invaluable material to investigate hydroclimate changes in different regions but also enable studies on temporal changes in the teleconnections between these regions. Applying the singular value decomposition (SVD) method to tree-ring-based field reconstructions of the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI) over monsoonal Asia (MA) and North America (NA) from 1404 to 2005, the dominant covarying pattern between the two regions is identified. This pattern is represented by the teleconnection between the dipole pattern of southern-northern latitudinal MA and the dipole of southwest NA (SWNA)-northwest NA (NWNA), which accounts for 59.6% of the total... (More)
Proxy data with large spatial coverage spanning to the preindustrial era not only provide invaluable material to investigate hydroclimate changes in different regions but also enable studies on temporal changes in the teleconnections between these regions. Applying the singular value decomposition (SVD) method to tree-ring-based field reconstructions of the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI) over monsoonal Asia (MA) and North America (NA) from 1404 to 2005, the dominant covarying pattern between the two regions is identified. This pattern is represented by the teleconnection between the dipole pattern of southern-northern latitudinal MA and the dipole of southwest NA (SWNA)-northwest NA (NWNA), which accounts for 59.6% of the total covariance. Its dominated by an antiphase low MA and SWNA teleconnection, driven by the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and is most significant at an interannual time scale. This teleconnection is strengthened (weakened) in periods of increased (decreased) solar forcing and high (low) temperature, which is associated with intensified (weakened) ENSO variability. Additional forcing by SST anomalies in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans appears to be important too. (Less)
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SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES, DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX, UNITED-STATES, REANALYSIS PROJECT, MAUNDER MINIMUM, EL-NINO, CLIMATE, SUMMER, PRECIPITATION, PACIFIC, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
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Journal of Climate
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27
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21
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8017 - 8033
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American Meteorological Society
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1520-0442
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10.1175/jcli-d-13-00364.1
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English
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  author       = {{Fang, K. Y. and Chen, Deliang and Li, J. B. and Seppa, H.}},
  issn         = {{1520-0442}},
  keywords     = {{SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX; UNITED-STATES; REANALYSIS PROJECT; MAUNDER MINIMUM; EL-NINO; CLIMATE; SUMMER; PRECIPITATION; PACIFIC; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{21}},
  pages        = {{8017--8033}},
  publisher    = {{American Meteorological Society}},
  series       = {{Journal of Climate}},
  title        = {{Covarying Hydroclimate Patterns between Monsoonal Asia and North America over the Past 600 Years}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-13-00364.1}},
  doi          = {{10.1175/jcli-d-13-00364.1}},
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