1000 year-long summer precipitation and flood frequency record for the North-western Alps (Lake Oeschinen)

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Autores principales: Amann, Benjamin, Szidat, Sönke, Grosjean, Martin
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author Amann, Benjamin
Szidat, Sönke
Grosjean, Martin
author_facet Amann, Benjamin
Szidat, Sönke
Grosjean, Martin
collection Datos científicos de ciencias marinas y ambientales
contents The recent warming of the global climate is well recognized. However, does a warmer climate also mean a moister climate? Does dry get drier and wet get wetter? There are important questions as they relate to changes in the water cycle and impacts the water resources as well as the frequency and intensity of storms and floods in the near future. In Europe, regional climate models do not show consistent and robust results for future hydroclimatic changes and how extreme events will evolve in response to future climate change. Paleo-hydroclimatic data from natural archives are one of the few means to assess such changes in the longer context. Here, we present an annually-resolved record of warm season (MJJA) precipitation and summer flood frequency from the varved (annually laminated) sediments of proglacial Lake Oeschinen (46°30′N–7°44′E, 1580 m, NW Swiss Alps) back to AD 884. These data sets are inferred from the thickness of annual sediment deposits and the occurrence of flood event layers in the sediments. The chronology of the sediment record is based on multiple varve counts and validated with historical floods chronicled in written documents (back to the 14th century) and 14C AMS dates.
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spellingShingle 1000 year-long summer precipitation and flood frequency record for the North-western Alps (Lake Oeschinen)
Amann, Benjamin
Szidat, Sönke
Grosjean, Martin
Lake_Oeschinen_082011; PC; Piston corer; Switzerland
The recent warming of the global climate is well recognized. However, does a warmer climate also mean a moister climate? Does dry get drier and wet get wetter? There are important questions as they relate to changes in the water cycle and impacts the water resources as well as the frequency and intensity of storms and floods in the near future. In Europe, regional climate models do not show consistent and robust results for future hydroclimatic changes and how extreme events will evolve in response to future climate change. Paleo-hydroclimatic data from natural archives are one of the few means to assess such changes in the longer context. Here, we present an annually-resolved record of warm season (MJJA) precipitation and summer flood frequency from the varved (annually laminated) sediments of proglacial Lake Oeschinen (46°30′N–7°44′E, 1580 m, NW Swiss Alps) back to AD 884. These data sets are inferred from the thickness of annual sediment deposits and the occurrence of flood event layers in the sediments. The chronology of the sediment record is based on multiple varve counts and validated with historical floods chronicled in written documents (back to the 14th century) and 14C AMS dates.
title 1000 year-long summer precipitation and flood frequency record for the North-western Alps (Lake Oeschinen)
topic Lake_Oeschinen_082011; PC; Piston corer; Switzerland
url https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.895063