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Inter‐annual and multi‐decadal variability of monsoon season rainfall in central Thailand during the period 1804–1999, as inferred from tree ring oxygen isotopes
Author(s) -
Xu Chenxi,
Pumijumg Nathsuda,
Nakatsuka Takeshi,
Sano Masaki,
Guo Zhengtang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.5859
Subject(s) - climatology , precipitation , dendrochronology , monsoon , environmental science , el niño southern oscillation , wet season , isotopes of oxygen , period (music) , dry season , southern oscillation , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology , meteorology , cartography , archaeology , geochemistry , physics , acoustics
Long‐term records of precipitation in Thailand are necessary to evaluate the robustness of the relationship between El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and rainfall. This study presents a tree ring‐cellulose oxygen isotope (δ 18 O) record, based on Pinus merkusii , for the period 1804–1999 in Thailand. Response and spatial correlation analyses reveal that tree ring δ 18 O is significantly correlated with regional monsoon season (May–October) precipitation. Tree ring δ 18 O, which explains 50.1% of the variability in regional precipitation, was employed to reconstruct monsoon season rainfall back to 1804. Relatively wet periods occurred in 1809–1821, 1876–1882, 1897–1908, and 1944–1975, while the periods 1825–1850, 1913–1925, and 1979–1997 were relatively dry. During the periods 1854–1930 and 1970–1999, inter‐annual variability of precipitation was modulated by the ENSO. In contrast, the absence of this relationship between 1930 and 1970 might relate to the reduced variance of ENSO.