Kühl, Norbert; Litt, Thomas (2003): Eemian temperature reconstruction for European sites [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.760769, Supplement to: Kühl, N; Litt, T (2003): Quantitative time series reconstruction of Eemian temperature at three European sites using pollen data. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 12, 205-214, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-003-0019-2
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Abstract:
Botanical data are widely used as terrestrial proxy data for climate reconstructions. Using a newly established method based on probability density functions (pdf-method), the temperature development throughout the last interglacial, the Eemian, is reconstructed for the two German sites Bispingen and Grobern and the French site La Grande Pile. The results are compared with previous reconstructions using other methods. After a steep increase in January as well as July temperatures in the early phase of the interglacial, the reconstructed most probable climate appears to be slightly warmer than today. While the temperature is reconstructed as relatively stable throughout the Eemian, a certain tendency towards cooler January temperatures is evident. January temperatures decreased from approx. 2–3° C in the early part to approx. -3° C in the later part at Bispingen, and from approx. 2° C to approx. -1° C at Grobern and La Grande Pile. A major drop to about -8° C marks the very end of the interglacial at all three sites. While these results agree well with other proxy data and former reconstructions based on the indicator species method, the results differ significantly from reconstructions based on the modern pollen analogue technique (“pollen transfer functions”). The lack of modern analogues is assumed to be the main reason for the discrepancies. It is concluded that any reconstruction method needs to be evaluated carefully in this respect if used for periods lacking modern analogous plant communities.
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Median Latitude: 52.674833 * Median Longitude: 11.216667 * South-bound Latitude: 51.683000 * West-bound Longitude: 9.983333 * North-bound Latitude: 53.666667 * East-bound Longitude: 12.450000
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- Kühl, N; Litt, T (2003): Reconstruction of Eemian temperatures based on the pollen record of site Bispingen, Germany. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.548373
- Kühl, N; Litt, T (2003): Reconstruction of Eemian temperatures based on the pollen record of site Gröbern, Germany. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.548371