Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12394/8507
Title: Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century
Authors: Morales, Mariano S.
Cook, Edward R.
Barichivich, Jonathan
Christie, Duncan A.
Villalba, Ricardo
LeQuesne, Carlos
Srur, Ana M.
Ferrero, M. Eugenia
González-Reyes, Álvaro
Couvreux, Fleur
Matskovsky, Vladimir
Aravena, Juan C.
Lara, Antonio
Mundo, Ignacio A.
Rojas, Facundo
Prieto, María R.
Smerdon, Jason E.
Bianchi, Lucas O.
Masiokas, Mariano H.
Urrutia-Jalabert, Rocio
Rodriguez-Catón, Milagros
Muñoz, Ariel A.
Rojas-Badilla, Moises
Alvarez, Claudio
Lopez, Lidio
Luckman, Brian H.
Lister, David
Harris, Ian
Jones, Philip D.
Williams, A. Park
Velazquez, Gonzalo
Aliste, Diego
Aguilera-Betti, Isabella
Marcotti, Eugenia
Flores, Felipe
Muñoz, Tomás
Cuq, Emilio
Boninsegna, José A.
Keywords: Cambio climático
Efecto invernadero
Publisher: Universidad Continental
Issue Date: 2020
metadata.dc.date.available: 25-Feb-2021
Citation: Morales, M, Cook, E., Barichivich, J., Christie, D., Villalba, R., LeQuesne, C., Srur, A., Ferrero, M., González, A., Couvreux, F., Matskovsky, V., Aravena, J., Lara, A., Mundo, I., Rojas, F., Prieto, M., Smerdon, J., Bianchi, L., Masiokas, M., Urrutia, R., Rodriguez, M., Muñoz, A., Rojas, M., Alvarez, C., Lopez, L., Luckman, B., Lister, D., Harris, I., Jones, P., Williams, A., Velazquez, G., Aliste, D., Aguilera, I., Marcotti, E., Flores, F., Muñoz, T., Cuq, E., Boninsegna, J. (2020). Six hundred years of South American tree rings reveal an increase in severe hydroclimatic events since mid-20th century. Proceedings of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States of America, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002411117
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2002411117
Abstract: South American (SA) societies are highly vulnerable to droughts and pluvials, but lack of long-term climate observations severely limits our understanding of the global processes driving climatic variability in the region. The number and quality of SA climate-sensitive tree ring chronologies have significantly increased in recent decades, now providing a robust network of 286 records for characterizing hydroclimate variability since 1400 CE. We combine this network with a self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) dataset to derive the South American Drought Atlas (SADA) over the continent south of 12°S. The gridded annual reconstruction of austral summer scPDSI is the most spatially complete estimate of SA hydroclimate to date, and well matches past historical dry/wet events. Relating the SADA to the Australia–New Zealand Drought Atlas, sea surface temperatures and atmospheric pressure fields, we determine that the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) are strongly associated with spatially extended droughts and pluvials over the SADA domain during the past several centuries. SADA also exhibits more extended severe droughts and extreme pluvials since the mid-20th century. Extensive droughts are consistent with the observed 20th-century trend toward positive SAM anomalies concomitant with the weakening of midlatitude Westerlies, while low-level moisture transport intensified by global warming has favored extreme rainfall across the subtropics. The SADA thus provides a long-term context for observed hydroclimatic changes and for 21st-century Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections that suggest SA will experience more frequent/severe droughts and rainfall events as a consequence of increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
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