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Spring-summer temperatures reconstructed for northern Switzerland and southwestern Germany from winter rye harvest dates, 1454–1970 |
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O. Wetter, C. Pfister |
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Englisch
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1814-9324
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In: Climate of the Past ; 7, no. 4 ; Nr. 7, no. 4 (2011-11-29), S.1307-1326 |
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250004689
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/cp-7-1307-2011.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| This paper presents a unique 517-yr long documentary data-based
reconstruction of spring-summer (MAMJJ) temperatures for northern
Switzerland and south-western Germany from 1454 to 1970. It is composed of
25 partial series of winter grain (secale cereale) harvest starting dates
(WGHD) that are partly based on harvest related bookkeeping of institutions
(hospitals, municipalities), partly on (early) phenological observations.
The resulting main Basel WGHD series was homogenised with regard to dating
style, data type and altitude. The calibration and verification approach was
applied using the homogenous HISTALP temperature series from 1774–1824 for
calibration (r = 0.78) and from 1920–1970 for verification (r = 0.75). The
latter result even suffers from the weak data base available for 1870–1950.
Temperature reconstructions based on WGHD are more influenced by spring
temperatures than those based on grape harvest dates (GHD), because rye in
contrast to vines already begins to grow as soon as sunlight brings the
plant to above freezing. The earliest and latest harvest dates were checked
for consistency with narrative documentary weather reports. Comparisons with
other European documentary-based GHD and WGHD temperature reconstructions
generally reveal significant correlations decreasing with the distance from
Switzerland. The new Basel WGHD series shows better skills in representing
highly climate change sensitive variations of Swiss Alpine glaciers than
available GHD series. |
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