Amann, Benjamin; Szidat, Sönke; Grosjean, Martin (2018): 1000 year-long summer precipitation record for the North-western Alps (Lake Oeschinen) [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.895062, In supplement to: Amann, B et al. (2015): A millennial-long record of warm season precipitation and flood frequency for the North-western Alps inferred from varved lake sediments: implications for the future. Quaternary Science Reviews, 115, 89-100, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.002
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Published: 2018-10-05 • DOI registered: 2018-11-03
Abstract:
Here, we present an annually-resolved record of warm season (MJJA) precipitation from the varved (annually laminated) sediments of proglacial Lake Oeschinen (46 30 N-7 44 E, 1580 m, NW Swiss Alps) back to AD 884. This data set is inferred from the thickness of annual sediment deposits in the sediments. The chronology of the sediment record is based on multiple varve counts and validated with historical floods chronicled in written documents (back to the 14th century), 201Pb, 137Cs, and 14C AMS dates.
Our precipitation record is consistent with the few multi-centennial warm-season precipitation records available for Europe.
We did not find a persistent relationship between warm-season precipitation and temperature. In contrast, results show that the relation between precipitation and temperature has oscillated between positive correlations (warmer gets wetter, cooler gets drier) and negative correlations (warmer gets drier, cooler gets wetter) with a highly significant (X2 = 99%) multidecadal (60-70 yrs) periodicity over the last millennium. Possible explanations for this phenomenon are changes in the weather type statistics or the within-weather-type variability, which influence the combinations between precipitation and temperature over continental central Europe and operate at multidecadal scales. Such multidecadal effects might also be important for precipitation scenarios in the Alpine area under future warming.
From the different combinations found in our record, we conclude that the relation between floods, precipitation and temperature and, in consequence, future projections remain poorly constrained.
Coverage:
Latitude: 46.498800 * Longitude: 7.725600
Date/Time Start: 2011-08-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-08-15T00:00:00
Minimum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 0.02111 m * Maximum DEPTH, sediment/rock: 5.64619 m
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| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEPTH, sediment/rock | Depth sed | m | Amann, Benjamin | Geocode | |
| 2 | AGE | Age | ka BP | Amann, Benjamin | Geocode | |
| 3 | Age | Age | a AD/CE | Amann, Benjamin | ||
| 4 | Varve thickness | Varve thick | mm | Amann, Benjamin | ||
| 5 | Precipitation, cumulated | Precip cum | mm | Amann, Benjamin | MJJA | |
| 6 | Precipitation, cumulated | Precip cum | mm | Amann, Benjamin | MJ |
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