Stalagmite-inferred precipitation record from northern Italy for the past 800 years and split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age - Archive ouverte HAL
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Stalagmite-inferred precipitation record from northern Italy for the past 800 years and split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age

Christoph Spötl

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During the well-known “Little Ice Age” (LIA, ca. 1450–1850 C.E.), Europe experienced the coldest winters over the last ten thousand years. This interval was suggested to have been caused by major volcanic eruptions and periods of low solar activity. However, the detailed climate pattern in Europe remains unclear. By conducting high-precision radiometric U-Th dating and trace element analyses on a stalagmite collected from Bàsura Cave, northern Italy, the evolution of the westerly winds over the past 800 years in Europe and the Mediterranean realm was reconstructed. A comparison of the Bàsura record with previous published precipitation data shows that during the early LIA (1470–1610 C.E.) the westerly winds not only migrated southward, but also split into two branches away from mainland Europe. This strong decrease of moisture-delivering warm westerlies resulted in dry and cold winters in Europe. The splitting of the westerly winds could have been triggered by frequent high-pressure anomalies in northern Europe.
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hal-04241236 , version 1 (13-10-2023)

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Hsun-Ming Hu, Chuan-Chou Shen, John Chiang, Valerie Trouet, Véronique Michel, et al.. Stalagmite-inferred precipitation record from northern Italy for the past 800 years and split westerlies over Europe in the early Little Ice Age. XXI INQUA, Roma, Italy, 13-20 July 2023. Session 151: The role of westerlies on Euro-Mediterranean Quaternary palaeoclimate on decadal-to- orbital timescales, Jul 2023, Rome, Italy. ⟨hal-04241236⟩
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