July-August temperature of central Korea since A.D.1700: Reconstruction from tree rings of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis)

Won-Kyu Park; Jeong-Wook Seo; Yojung Kim; Jai-Ho Oh

doi:10.54991/jop.2001.1813

July-August temperature of central Korea since A.D.1700: Reconstruction from tree rings of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis)

Authors

Won-Kyu Park School of Forest Resources, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea
Jeong-Wook Seo School of Forest Resources, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea
Yojung Kim School of Forest Resources, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361-763, Korea
Jai-Ho Oh Meteorological Research Institute, KMA, Seoul 156-720, Korea

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2001.1813

Keywords:

Global warming, Dendroclimatology, Korean pine, Subalpine trees

Abstract

July-August mean temperatures of AD 1657-1998 were reconstructed using two local chronologies of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) growing in subalpine regions (1500-1600 m) of Sorak Mountain in the central Korean peninsula. Calibration function for the instrumental period (A.D. 1909-1949) was obtained by using linear regression with the lagged chronology at t-1. The calibration was verified by independent data of A.D. 1953-1995. The reconstruction indicates that the 1700-1730 and 1830-1850 periods were coolest in last 340 years. The warming trend was not found in summer temperature during the 20th century.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Downloads

Published

2001-12-31

How to Cite

Park, W.-K., Seo, J.-W., Kim, Y., & Oh, J.-H. (2001). July-August temperature of central Korea since A.D.1700: Reconstruction from tree rings of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis). Journal of Palaeosciences, 50((1-3), 107–111. https://doi.org/10.54991/jop.2001.1813