Late Holocene linkages between decade–century scale climate variability and productivity at Lake Tanganyika, Africa     

Andrew S. Cohen  Kiram E. Lezzar  Julia Cole  David Dettman  Geoffrey S. Ellis  Meagan Eagle Gonneea  Pierre-Denis Plisnier  Victor Langenberg  Maarten Blaauw  Derrick Zilifi 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2006,36(2):189-209

Microlaminated sediment cores from the Kalya slope region of Lake Tanganyika provide a near-annually resolved paleoclimate record between ∼∼2,840 and 1,420 cal. yr B.P. demonstrating strong linkages between climate variability and lacustrine productivity. Laminae couplets comprise dark, terrigenous-dominated half couplets, interpreted as low density underflows deposited from riverine sources during the rainy season, alternating with light, planktonic diatomaceous ooze, with little terrigenous component, interpreted as windy/dry season deposits. Laminated portions of the studied cores consist of conspicuous dark and light colored bundles of laminae couplets. Light and dark bundles alternate at decadal time scales. Within dark bundles, both light and dark half couplets are significantly thinner than within light bundles, implying slower sediment accumulation rates during both seasons over those intervals.Time series analyses of laminae thickness patterns demonstrate significant periodicities at interannual–centennial time scales. Longer time scale periodicities (multidecadal to centennial scale) of light and dark half couplet thicknesses are coherent and in some cases are similar to solar cycle periods on these time scales. Although laminae thickness cycles do not strongly covary with the actual Δ¹⁴C record for this same time period, two large Δ¹⁴C anomalies are associated with substantial decreases in both light and dark laminae thickness. In contrast to the multidecadal– centennial time scale, significant annual to decadal periodicities, which are broadly consistent with ENSO/PDO forcing and their impact on East African climate, are not coherent between light and dark half couplets. The coherency of light–dark couplets at decadal–centennial time scales, but not at shorter time scales, is consistent with a model of a long-term relationship between precipitation (recorded in wet season dark laminae thickness) and productivity (light laminae thickness), which is not manifest at shorter time scales. We hypothesize that this coupling results from long-term recharging of internal nutrient loading during wet periods (higher erosion of soil P) and reduced loading during drought intervals. The relationship is not expressed on short time scales during which the dominant control on productivity is wind-driven, dry season upwelling, which is uncorrelated with wet-season precipitation. Our record greatly extends the temporal record of this quasi-periodic behavior throughout the late Holocene and provides the first evidence linking decade- to century-scale episodes of enhanced productivity to enhanced precipitation levels and nutrient recharge in a productive tropical lake.  相似文献   

The First Appearance of Cattle in Denmark Occurred 6000 Years Ago: An Effect of Cultural or Climate and Environmental Changes     

Nanna Noe-Nygaard  Mikkel U. Hede 《Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography》2006,88(2):87-95

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from bones of contemporaneous Late Atlantic aurochs and early cattle in eastern Denmark are significantly different and provide information on the origin and feeding strategies of the earliest domestic cattle. The data show that the early cattle were feeding on grass right from the beginning 4000 cal. yr BC. In contrast, the youngest aurochs population primarily browsed and grazed from the dense forest floor resulting in rather negative δ¹³C values measured on bone collagen. The oldest aurochs have similar isotope values to the earlier cattle, whereas the youngest aurochs have similar values to Late Atlantic red deer from the same locality. As eastern Denmark was largely covered by forest, speculations on the origin of the grazing areas are many. The grass may have grown in openings in the forest, at the forest fringe, or more likely on the newly reclaimed coastal land areas exposed by the decreasing rate of eustatic sea‐level rise contemporaneously with isostatic uplift, during the Littorina transgressions. The stable isotope values do not indicate that leaf foddering of the early cattle was of importance.  相似文献   

类脂化合物单体碳稳定同位素在古气候环境研究中的意义   总被引：4，自引：1，他引：4  

林田  郭志刚  杨作升 《地球科学进展》2005,20(8):910-915

类脂化合物极大地扩展了全球变化研究的深度，尤其是单体碳稳定同位素技术在古气候、古环境重建上有着重要作用。基于近些年来国内外的最新研究成果，就类脂化合物单体碳同位素在古气候环境方面的应用研究进行了较为全面的评述。已有研究表明利用类脂化合物单体碳同位素组成可以追溯到海洋和湖泊环境中陆源有机质的物源，其母源区历史时期 C3、C4植被的变迁以及区域性的古气候、古环境重建。  相似文献   

RegCM3模式对中国东部夏季降水的模拟试验   总被引：35，自引：4，他引：35  

刘晓东  江志红  罗树如  张雪梅  李爱华  程智 《南京气象学院学报》2005,28(3):351-359

利用最新发布的区域气候模式RegCM3对1998年5—8月中国东部降水进行了模拟试验，考察了模式对降水和大尺度环流系统的模拟能力。结果表明：不同对流性降水方案对不同月份、不同区域的降水模拟效果差别较大，采用Kuo方案和Grell方案时模拟的降水效果要好于BM方案；RegCM3能较成功地再现异常降水的月际尺度变化和空间分布等基本特征；模式还较好地模拟了西太平洋副高脊线的演变过程和两次向北传播的季节内振荡。该模式可应用于中国东部夏季风降水的研究。  相似文献   

合肥市夏季热岛特征研究   总被引：8，自引：1，他引：8  

石春娥王兴荣  吴必文何彬芳吴息  陈万隆 《南京气象学院学报》2005,28(5):672-678

根据2002牟夏季高温期间合肥市城市小气候考察的资料，分析了合肥市夏季城市热岛特征以及热岛强度的历史变化。结果表明：1）合肥市夏季热岛强度的日变化与冬季明显不同，夏季晴天一天中热岛强度只出现一个峰值，其基本特征与Oke提出的理想状态下的城市热岛强度日变化的模式曲线非常相似，而冬季与高纬地区的加拿大卡尔加里城市的热岛强度日变化特征接近。这反映了冬、夏两季人类活动、能源消耗量的不同；2）随着城市范围的扩大和城市绿化工程的实施，合肥市热岛面积、分布形状有了一定的改变，但主要分布特征和强度基本没有变化。  相似文献   

利用LPAC图分析北半球夏半年环流季节转换及异常     

蔡新玲王盘兴  杜继稳刘子臣 《南京气象学院学报》2005,28(5):710-716

用NCEP／NCAR再分析月平均风、压场资料得到1958—1997年5—10月月际场的局地型相似系数（LPAC）。多年平均LPAC表明了对流层和平流层低层印度夏季风环流的建立、东亚夏季风环流的北进和南亚高压上高原的过程，这些区域LPAC值较同纬度非季风区明显偏低。在平流层中层，夏季型环流表现出纬向对称性和由高纬向低纬的传播特征。对东亚LPAC气候变率时空剖面及3个涝年LPAC异常的分析反映出环流型季节转变异常及其与东亚月降水异常的关系。  相似文献   

青海气候条件对牧草再生性影响的研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

祁如英  汪青春  陈芳 《气象》2005,31(5):21-25

选取1994～2001年河南、甘德两站牧草再生草资料及同期气象资料，通过分析同一地区不同时期及同一时期不同地区气候条件对牧草再生性的影响，建立了牧草再生草产量气候模式，讨论了再生草增、减产的气候条件。研究得出：同一地区不同时期和同一时期不同地区因气候条件不同，割草不一定能增产。  相似文献   

近42年日照市气候变化分析   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

郑美琴  卢振礼  周秀君  张民凯 《山东气象》2005,25(2):12-13,21

根据日照市1961-2002年的年降水量、年平均气温以及季降水量、季平均气温资料，利用Mann-Kendall突变检验法和滑动t检验法，分析了日照市近42年的气候变化特征。结果表明：年平均气温、年降水量均存在突变，其中，冬季气温突变最为明显，秋季略有突变但不明显，春、夏季气温没有突变现象；夏季降水量突变最为明显，秋季不明显，冬、春季没有突变现象。  相似文献   

山东省旅游气候资源研究   总被引：11，自引：0，他引：11  

廉丽姝  李志富 《山东气象》2005,25(3):1-4

利用山东省40站的月平均气温、相对湿度及风速资料，通过计算综合舒适度指数、舒适指数、风效指数及温湿指数和风寒指数，分析山东省旅游气候资源。发现：（1）山东省绝大部分地区每年有4～6个月的适宜旅游季节；（2）山东旅游气候资源在空间分布上存在一定差异；（3）全省不利于旅游的气候条件主要是冬季的寒冷；对山东省旅游气候资源进行了二级区划。  相似文献   

黔东南地区短期气候预测方法研究   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

池再香  白慧 《沙漠与绿洲气象(新疆气象)》2005,28(6):20-21

根据大气环流特征和小气候相关关系,找出预测黔东南地区春季倒春寒、3～6月降水量趋势、夏季及6～8月气温变化趋势和夏季旱涝趋势指标,用以制作黔东南地区长期天气趋势预测。  相似文献