Reconstruction of the precipitation in the Canary Islands for the period 1595-1836
| dc.contributor.author | García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco | |
| dc.contributor.author | Macias, Antonio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gallego, David | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hernández Martín, Emiliano | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gimeno, Luis | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ribera, Pedro | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-20T11:04:41Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-20T11:04:41Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003-08 | |
| dc.description | ©2003 American Meteorological Society. The authors wish to thank C. Appenzeller, E. Cook, J. Luterbacher, C. J. Proctor, and F. S. Rodrigo for providing their proxy NAO reconstructions. This study is supported by the Spanish Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología under Grant CLI98-0649. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Records of taxes collected during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries contribute to understanding of climatic variability of the subtropical North Atlantic region. Historical documentary sources in the Canary Islands have been used to construct cereal production series for the period 1595–1836. The cereal growth period in this region covers essentially the rainy season, making these crops adequate to characterize the annual precipitation. A proxy for the Islands' rainfall based on the historical series of wheat and barley production has been constructed and assessed by using two independent series of dry and wet years. The spectral analysis of the crop production reveals a strong non stationary behavior. This fact, along with the direct comparison with several reconstructed and instrumental North Atlantic Oscillation series, suggests the potential use of the reconstructed precipitation as a proxy for this climatic oscillation during preinstrumental times. | |
| dc.description.department | Depto. de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica | |
| dc.description.faculty | Fac. de Ciencias Físicas | |
| dc.description.refereed | TRUE | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología (CICYT), España | |
| dc.description.status | pub | |
| dc.eprint.id | https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/34820 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1175/BAMS-84-8-1037 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0003-0007 | |
| dc.identifier.officialurl | http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-84-8-1037 | |
| dc.identifier.relatedurl | http://journals.ametsoc.org/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51682 | |
| dc.issue.number | 8 | |
| dc.journal.title | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.page.initial | 1037 | |
| dc.publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| dc.relation.projectID | CLI98-0649 | |
| dc.rights.accessRights | open access | |
| dc.subject.cdu | 52 | |
| dc.subject.keyword | North-Atlantic oscillation | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Temperatures | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Greenland | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Europe | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Index | |
| dc.subject.keyword | Back | |
| dc.subject.ucm | Astrofísica | |
| dc.subject.ucm | Astronomía (Física) | |
| dc.title | Reconstruction of the precipitation in the Canary Islands for the period 1595-1836 | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dc.volume.number | 84 | |
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