Temperature and Precipitation in Mongolla Based on Dendroclimatic Investigations

• Published in: IAWA Journal
• Main Authors: Jacoby, Gordon, D' Arrigo, Rosanne, Pederson, Neil, Buckley, Brendan, Dugarjav, Chultamiin, Mijiddorj, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Brill 1999
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22941932-90000696; https://brill.com/view/journals/iawa/20/3/article-p339_12.xml; https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/iawa/20/3/article-p339_12.xml

Recent tree-ring studies in Mongolia provide evidence of unusual warming that is in agreement with large-scale reconstructed and recorded temperatures for the Northem Hemisphere and the Arctic. The Mongolian proxy record for temperature extends back over 450 years and is an important addition to the global tree-ring database. Precipitation reconstructions based on tree rings reflect recent increases but show that the increases are within the long-term range of variations. There is evidence for quasi-solar periodicity in long-term reconstructed precipitation variation, also shown by previous studies. Mongolia has excellent sampling resources for future studies.