Large volcanic eruptions reduce landfalling tropical cyclone activity: Evidence from tree rings

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/21:00548424

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145899" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145899</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Large volcanic eruptions reduce landfalling tropical cyclone activity: Evidence from tree rings

Original language description

Tropical cyclones (TCs) are one of the most devastating storm systems with high socioeconomic impacts around the world. The drivers of long-term changes in TC frequency and intensity, including the recent global climatic changes, are, however, poorly understood due to short instrumental measurements and a lack of accurate proxy records. Here we present the long-term impacts of large volcanic eruptions on TC activity in northeast Asia. For this purpose, we performed a reconstruction of the frequency and intensity of landfalling TCs based on tree-ring oxygen isotope ratios over the past 350 years. Our results revealed markedly depleted delta O-18 values (P &lt; 0.01) for TC years and confirm tree-ring delta O-18 as a strong proxy for the detection of past TCs. The agreement between the delta O-18 chronology and the corresponding TC record (1950-2005) was 96.4% and it was relatively high also for the preceding periods covered by less reliable TC records, specifically 76.1% (1904-1949) and 66.4% (1652-1903). In addition to the prominent TC frequency signal, we found a strong negative correlation (R = -0.65; P &lt; 0.001) between the delta O-18 chronology and TC intensity expressed by the amount of TC precipitation. Our reconstruction revealed that the recent high frequency of landfalling TCs is distinct on a long-term scale. We provide the first long-term evidence of reduced TC activity for two years following large volcanic eruptions. Our results indicate that volcanic ash is a relevant driver of TC activity over northeast Asia via its role on radiative climate forcing. We suggest that large volcanic eruptions modulate large-scale atmospheric and oceanic circulation determining TC genesis and thus TC activity in the western North Pacific. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Science of the Total Environment

ISSN

0048-9697

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

775

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUN 25 2021

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000641611000004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85101238065