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Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1169-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1169-2022
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 5
Research article
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24 May 2022
Research article |  | 24 May 2022

Do Southern Hemisphere tree rings record past volcanic events? A case study from New Zealand

Philippa A. Higgins, Jonathan G. Palmer, Chris S. M. Turney, Martin S. Andersen, and Fiona Johnson

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1169-2022-supplement

Data sets

SOI Data K. Trenberth and National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climatedata/ southern-oscillation-indices-signal-noise-and-tahitidarwinslp-soi

’Seven station’ series temperature data NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric) Research https://niwa.co.nz/ seven-stations

“Data for: A double bootstrap approach to Superposed Epoch Analysis to evaluate response uncertainty” M. Rao, E. Cook, B. Cook, K. Anchukaitis, R. D’Arrigo, P. Krusic, and A. LeGrande https://doi.org/10.17632/8p7y29hz5h.1

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We studied eight New Zealand tree species and identified differences in their responses to large volcanic eruptions. The response is dependent on the species and how well it can tolerate stress, but substantial within-species differences are also observed depending on site factors, including altitude and exposure. This has important implications for tree-ring temperature reconstructions because site selection and compositing methods can change the magnitude of observed volcanic cooling.
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Interdisciplinary studies of volcanic impacts on climate and...