caa a22 4500 605471630 CHVBK 20210128100334.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00382-014-2457-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00382-014-2457-1 Spring temperatures in the far-western Nepal Himalaya since AD 1640 reconstructed from Picea smithiana tree-ring widths [Elektronische Daten] [Udya Thapa, Santosh Shah, Narayan Gaire, Dinesh Bhuju] We developed a new, 422-year long tree-ring width chronology (spanning AD 1591-2012) from Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss in Khaptad National Park, which is located in the far-western Nepalese Himalaya. Seasonal correlation analysis revealed significant indirect relationship with spring temperature and lead to the reconstruction of March-May average temperature for the past 373years (AD 1640-2012). The reconstruction was found significant based on validation statistics commonly used in tree-ring based climate reconstruction. Furthermore, it was validated through spatial correlation with gridded temperature data. This temperature reconstruction identified several periods of warming and cooling. The reconstruction did not show the significant pattern of cooling during the Little Ice Age but there were few cold episodes recorded. The spring temperature revealed relationship with different Sea Surface Temperature index over the equatorial Pacific Ocean, which showed linkages with climatic variability in a global scale. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Khaptad National Park nationallicence Nepal nationallicence Picea smithiana nationallicence Spring temperature nationallicence Tree-rings nationallicence Thapa Udya Department of Environmental Science, GoldenGate International College, Kathmandu, Nepal aut Shah Santosh Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India aut Gaire Narayan Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Lalitpur, Nepal aut Bhuju Dinesh Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal aut Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/7-8(2015-10-01), 2069-2081 0930-7575 45:7-8<2069 2015 45 382 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2457-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2457-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thapa Udya Department of Environmental Science, GoldenGate International College, Kathmandu, Nepal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shah Santosh Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gaire Narayan Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Lalitpur, Nepal aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bhuju Dinesh Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climate Dynamics Springer Berlin Heidelberg 45/7-8(2015-10-01), 2069-2081 0930-7575 45:7-8<2069 2015 45 382