| PALEOLIMNOLOGY |
Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on the climate of the Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada
|
|
Benson, L.V., B.K. Linsley, J.P. Smoot, S. Mensing, S.P. Lund, S. Stine. 2003. Influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation
on the climate of the Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada. Quaternary Research Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 151-159, March 2003
| Data Coverage |
North: 38 * South: 38 |
|
West: -119 * East: -119 |
Start Year: 261 cal yr BP * End Year: -50 cal yr BP
Data: Please Cite Data Contributors!
|
|
Summary: Mono Lake sediments have recorded five major oscillations in the hydrologic balance between A.D. 1700 and 1941. These oscillations
can be correlated with tree-ring-based oscillations in Sierra Nevada snowpack. Comparison of a tree-ring-based reconstruction
of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) index with a coral-based reconstruction of Subtropical South Pacific sea-surface
temperature indicates a high degree of correlation between the two records during the past 300 yr. This suggests that the
PDO has been a pan-Pacific phenomena for at least the past few hundred years. Major oscillations in the hydrologic balance
of the Sierra Nevada correspond to changes in the sign of the PDO with extreme droughts occurring during PDO maxima. Four
droughts centered on A.D. 1710, 1770, 1850, and 1930 indicate PDO-related drought reoccurrence intervals ranging from 60
to 80 yr.
More Info on Paleolimnology |
|
|
Complete XML Record: noaa-lake-5470
(Last Revised: 2007-09-05 )
|
|
 |
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC (National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce )
325 Broadway, E/CC23
Boulder, CO 80305
USA
|
| http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ |
| E-mail: bruce.a.bauer@noaa.gov |
| E-mail: paleo@noaa.gov |
Phone: 303-497-6280
Fax: 303-497-6513
|
|
