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Reassessing long-term drought risk and societal impacts in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, north-east China (1200–2015)
Department of Geography, School of Environmental Planning, University
of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
Neil Macdonald
Department of Geography, School of Environmental Planning, University
of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
Heather Sangster
Department of Geography, School of Environmental Planning, University
of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
Richard Chiverrell
Department of Geography, School of Environmental Planning, University
of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
Rachel Gaulton
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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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.
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Short summary
A historical drought series (since 1200 CE) for Shenyang, NE China, shows 20th century droughts comparable in magnitude to recent severe droughts. Drought resilience driven by early 20th century societal/cultural changes reduced loss of life compared with the 1887 and 1891 droughts. A longer temporal analysis from integrated precipitation and historical records shows an earlier onset to droughts. Regional standardised precipitation indices could provide early warnings for drought development.
A historical drought series (since 1200 CE) for Shenyang, NE China, shows 20th century droughts...
