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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1005-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1005-2021
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Research article
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07 May 2021
Research article |
| 07 May 2021
| 07 May 2021
Large-scale climate signals of a European oxygen isotope network from tree rings
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
Monica Ionita
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
Martin Wegmann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
Gerhard Helle
German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam 14473, Germany
Gerhard H. Schleser
Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-3, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
Norel Rimbu
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
Mandy B. Freund
Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Ingo Heinrich
German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam 14473, Germany
Geography Department, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
Diana Caldarescu
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
Gerrit Lohmann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
Physics Department, University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany
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Short summary
To extend climate information back in time, we investigate the climate sensitivity of a δ18O network from tree rings, consisting of 26 European sites and covering the last 400 years. Our results suggest that the δ18O variability is associated with large-scale anomaly patterns that resemble those observed for the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. We conclude that the investigation of large-scale climate signals far beyond instrumental records can be done with a δ18O network derived from tree rings.
To extend climate information back in time, we investigate the climate sensitivity of a δ18O...
