A 424-year tree-ring-based Palmer Drought Severity Index reconstruction of <i>Cedrus deodara</i> D. Don from the Hindu Kush range of Pakistan: linkages to ocean oscillations

Ahmad, Sarir; Zhu, Liangjun; Yasmeen, Sumaira; Zhang, Yuandong; Li, Zongshan; Ullah, Sami; Han, Shijie; Wang, Xiaochun

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-783-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-783-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-783-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 2

Research article

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29 Apr 2020

Research article |

| 29 Apr 2020

A 424-year tree-ring-based Palmer Drought Severity Index reconstruction of Cedrus deodara D. Don from the Hindu Kush range of Pakistan: linkages to ocean oscillations

Sarir Ahmad, Liangjun Zhu, Sumaira Yasmeen, Yuandong Zhang, Zongshan Li, Sami Ullah, Shijie Han, and Xiaochun Wang

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-783-2020-supplement

Data sets

International Tree-Ring Data Bank NOAA https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo-search/?dataTypeId=18

Short summary

This study provides the opportunity to extend climatic records to preindustrial periods in northern Pakistan. The reconstructed March–August PDSIs for the past 424 years, going back to 1593 CE, enable scientists to know how these areas were prone to climatic extremes in the past. The instrumental data are limited in Pakistan; however, the Cedrus deodara tree that preserves physical characteristics of past climatic variabilities can provide insight into the trend of climatic changes.