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https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-135
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-135
02 Mar 2023
 | 02 Mar 2023

Experiments of the efficacy of tree ring blue intensity as a climate proxy in central and western China

Yonghong Zheng, Huanfeng Shen, Rory Abernethy, and Rob Wilson

Abstract. To investigate the potential value of blue intensity as a robust climate proxy in central and western China, 4 species from 5 sites were assessed. As well as latewood inverted BI (LWBinv), we also examined earlywood BI (EWB). To explore the sensitivity of using different extraction parameter settings using CooRecorder, seven percentile variant settings for EWB and LWBinv were used; F50:50 to F95:05. The RW, EWB, and LWBinv were detrended using an age-dependent spline. Correlation analysis was applied between the tree ring parameter chronologies and monthly/seasonal variables of mean temperature, precipitation, and scPDSI. Linear regression was also used to further highlight the potential of developing climate reconstructions using these species. Only subtle differences were found between the different percentile extraction variants. However, the analysis suggested that F80:20 or F85:15 variants marginally provided better performance. As has been shown for many other northern hemisphere studies, inverse latewood intensity expresses a strong positive relationship with growing season temperatures (the two southern sites explaining almost 60 % of the temperature variance when combined). However, the low latitude of these sites shows exciting potential for regions south of 30° N that are traditionally not targeted for temperature reconstructions. EWB also shows good potential to reconstruct hydroclimate parameters in some humid areas.

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21 Aug 2023
Experiments of the efficacy of tree ring blue intensity as a climate proxy in central and western China
Yonghong Zheng, Huanfeng Shen, Rory Abernethy, and Rob Wilson
Biogeosciences, 20, 3481–3490, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3481-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3481-2023, 2023
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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-135', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Apr 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Yonghong Zheng, 14 Apr 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-135', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Apr 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Yonghong Zheng, 28 Apr 2023

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-135', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Apr 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Yonghong Zheng, 14 Apr 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on egusphere-2023-135', Anonymous Referee #2, 24 Apr 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Yonghong Zheng, 28 Apr 2023

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 May 2023) by Anja Rammig
AR by Yonghong Zheng on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2023)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Jun 2023) by Anja Rammig
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (06 Jul 2023)
ED: Publish as is (17 Jul 2023) by Anja Rammig
AR by Yonghong Zheng on behalf of the Authors (18 Jul 2023)

Journal article(s) based on this preprint

21 Aug 2023
Experiments of the efficacy of tree ring blue intensity as a climate proxy in central and western China
Yonghong Zheng, Huanfeng Shen, Rory Abernethy, and Rob Wilson
Biogeosciences, 20, 3481–3490, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3481-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3481-2023, 2023
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Yonghong Zheng et al.

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According to investigations in central and western China. It shows that tree ring Inverse latewood intensity expresses a strong positive relationship with growing season temperatures, indicating exciting potential for regions south of 30° N that are traditionally not targeted for temperature reconstructions. Earlywood BI also shows good potential to reconstruct hydroclimate parameters in some humid areas and will enhance ring-width based hydroclimate reconstructions in the future.