TY - JOUR
T1 - Late-eighteenth-century precipitation reconstructions from James Madison's Montpelier plantation
AU - Druckenbrod, Daniel L.
AU - Mann, Michael E.
AU - Stahle, David W.
AU - Cleveland, Malcolm K.
AU - Therrell, Matthew D.
AU - Shugart, Herman H.
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - Historical documents and tree rings present a wealth of data for reconstructing prior climate. This study compared two approaches for reconstructing precipitation at Montpelier in the late 18th century. In addition to accounting for a significant portion of the variance in precipitation, these data also indirectly suggest the influence of larger-scale climatological processes. More importantly in the context of this study, the data also suggest a delay of approximately one month in the arrival of maximum summer precipitation from Madison's era and a corresponding shift in the sensitivity of dendroclimatic reconstructions of this delay.
AB - Historical documents and tree rings present a wealth of data for reconstructing prior climate. This study compared two approaches for reconstructing precipitation at Montpelier in the late 18th century. In addition to accounting for a significant portion of the variance in precipitation, these data also indirectly suggest the influence of larger-scale climatological processes. More importantly in the context of this study, the data also suggest a delay of approximately one month in the arrival of maximum summer precipitation from Madison's era and a corresponding shift in the sensitivity of dendroclimatic reconstructions of this delay.
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U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-84-1-57
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-84-1-57
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037277781
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 84
SP - 57
EP - 71
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 1
ER -