Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidence in South Central China from 1850 to 2008

Zheng, J.; Hua, Z.; Liu, Y.; Hao, Z.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1553-2015

Articles | Volume 11, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1553-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1553-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 11

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20 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 20 Nov 2015

Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidence in South Central China from 1850 to 2008

J. Zheng, Z. Hua, Y. Liu, and Z. Hao

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RC C1617: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Sep 2015
- AC C2236: 'Point to point responses on comments of " Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidence in South Central China from 1850 to 2008"', Zhixin Hao, 05 Nov 2015
RC C1620: 'Comments on „Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidences in South Central China from 1850 to 2008” by Zheng and colleagues', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Sep 2015
- AC C2240: 'Point to point responses on comments of " Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidence in South Central China from 1850 to 2008"', Zhixin Hao, 05 Nov 2015
RC C1776: 'Interactive comment on “Temperature changes derived from phonological and natural evidences in South Central China from 1850 to 2008” by J. Zheng et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 Sep 2015
- AC C2244: 'Point to point responses on comments of " Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidence in South Central China from 1850 to 2008"', Zhixin Hao, 05 Nov 2015
RC C1878: 'Interactive comment on “Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidences in South Central China from 1850 to 2008” by J Zheng et al.', Anonymous Referee #4, 03 Oct 2015
- AC C2246: 'Point to point responses on comments of " Temperature changes derived from phenological and natural evidence in South Central China from 1850 to 2008"', Zhixin Hao, 05 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 Nov 2015) by Jürg Luterbacher

AR by Zhixin Hao on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Nov 2015) by Jürg Luterbacher

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (08 Nov 2015)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (11 Nov 2015)

ED: Publish as is (11 Nov 2015) by Jürg Luterbacher

AR by Zhixin Hao on behalf of the Authors (12 Nov 2015)

Short summary

In this paper we reconstruct the annual temperature anomalies in South Central China from 1850 to 2008, using phenodates of plants, snowfall days, and five tree-ring width chronologies. It is found that rapid warming has occurred since the 1990s, with an abrupt change around 1997, leading to unprecedented variability in warming; a cold interval dominated the 1860s, 1890s, and 1950s; warm decades occurred around 1850, 1870, and 1960; and the warmest decades were the 1990s–2000s.