Cyclic precipitation variation on the western Loess Plateau of China during the past four centuries

doi:10.1038/srep06381

	Cyclic precipitation variation on the western Loess Plateau of China during the past four centuries
	Cheng, H (Cheng, Hai)[ 4,5 ]; Shiau, LJ (Shiau, Liang-Jian)[ 2 ]; Yan, LB (Yan, Libin)[ 1 ]; Shen, CC (Shen, Chuan-Chou)[ 3 ]; Cai, YJ (Cai, Yanjun)[ 1 ]; Huh, CA (Huh, Chih-An)[ 2 ]; An, ZS (An, Zhisheng)[ 1 ]; Tan, LC (Tan, Liangcheng)[ 1 ]; Edwards, RL (Edwards, R. Lawrence)[ 5 ]
刊名	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
	2014-09-16
卷号	4 页码:6381
DOI	10.1038/srep06381
文献子类	期刊论文
英文摘要	Precipitation variation on the Loess Plateau (LP) of China is not only important for rain-fed agriculture in this environmentally sensitive region, but also critical for the water and life securities over the whole Yellow River basin. Here we reconstruct high resolution precipitation variation on the western LP during the past 370 years by using two replicated, annually-laminated stalagmites. Spatial analysis suggests that the reconstruction can be also representative for the whole LP region. The precipitation variations show a significant quasi-50 year periodicity during the last 370 years, and have an important role in determining the runoff of the middle Yellow River. The main factor controlling the decadal scale variations and long-term trend in precipitation over this region is southerly water vapour transport associated with the Asian summer monsoon. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation is also an important influence on precipitation variation in this region, as it can affect the East Asian summer monsoon and the West Pacific Subtropical High.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/9787]
专题	地球环境研究所_现代环境研究室
通讯作者	Tan, LC (Tan, Liangcheng)[ 1 ]
作者单位	1.Instituteof Global Environmental Change, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China; 2.High-precision Mass Spectrometry andEnvironment Change Laboratory (HISPEC), Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan; 3.Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan; 4.State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an710075, China; 5.Department of Earth Sciences, University ofMinnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cheng, H ,Shiau, LJ ,Yan, LB ,et al. Cyclic precipitation variation on the western Loess Plateau of China during the past four centuries[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2014,4:6381.
APA	Cheng, H .,Shiau, LJ .,Yan, LB .,Shen, CC .,Cai, YJ .,...&Edwards, RL .(2014).Cyclic precipitation variation on the western Loess Plateau of China during the past four centuries.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,4,6381.
MLA	Cheng, H ,et al."Cyclic precipitation variation on the western Loess Plateau of China during the past four centuries".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 4(2014):6381.