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Two Centuries of Hydroclimatic Variability Reconstructed From Tree-Ring Records Over the Amazonian Andes of Peru

dc.contributor.author Humanes-Fuente V. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Ferrero M.E. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Muñoz A.A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author González-Reyes Á. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Requena-Rojas E.J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Barichivich J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Inga J.G. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Layme-Huaman E.T. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.description.abstract Almost half of the tributaries of the Amazon River originate in the tropical Andes and support large populations in mountain regions and downstream areas. However, it is difficult to assess hydroclimatic conditions or to evaluate future scenarios due to the scarcity of long, high-quality instrumental records. Data from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) provide a complete record since 1979 and offer a good representation of rainfall over the tropical Andes. Longer records are needed to improve our understanding of rainfall variability and summer monsoon behavior at various scales. We developed the first annually resolved precipitation reconstruction for the tropical Andes in Peru, based on tree-ring chronologies of Cedrela and Juglans species. The annual (November–October) reconstruction extends the short instrumental records back to 1817, explaining 68% of the total variance of precipitation over the 1979–2007 calibration period. The reconstruction reveals the well-documented influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on Amazon Rainfall at interannual scales (~19% of total variance) and significant multidecadal variability with alternating periods of about 40 years (~13% of rainfall variability) related to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). Both oscillatory modes can explain dry and humid periods observed within the reconstruction and are likely associated with the negative trends of rainfall in the short instrumental records and the increased drought recurrence in recent decades. Our results show that montane tropical tree rings can be used to reconstruct precipitation with exceptionally high fidelity, characterize the interannual to multidecadal variability, and identify remote forcings in the hydroclimate over the Andean Amazon Basin of Peru. ©2020. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032565
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85091655697
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/2485
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Blackwell Publishing Ltd
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject tropical Andes
dc.subject Amazonian montane forests es_PE
dc.subject precipitation reconstruction es_PE
dc.subject SAMS es_PE
dc.subject South America es_PE
dc.subject tree rings es_PE
dc.subject.ocde http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.11
dc.title Two Centuries of Hydroclimatic Variability Reconstructed From Tree-Ring Records Over the Amazonian Andes of Peru
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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