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Development of tree ring like proxy on arctic shrubs Cassiope tetragona to reconstruct polar climate Entry ID: Cassiope_Arctic_Climate_Proxy_Weijers_IPY59_NL |
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Summary
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Abstract:
Annual stem length, annual number of leaves, annual average leaf length, annual total leaf length and leaf lifespan. All of Cassiope tetragona. These parameters were measured at three sites: Ny-Ålesund and Endalen in Svalbard and for Abisko, Sweden. Same parameters were measured in 17 control and 17 Open Top Chambers plots near Ny-Ålesund. Same parameters were measured in 20 control and 20 PAR-reduced plots at Isdammen, near Longyearbyen, Svalbard Same parameters were measured in 10 control and 10 doubled ambient precipitation plots at Isdammen, near Longyearbyen, Svalbard Temperature data at vegetation height was measured in all plots and several sites in and around Longyearbyen and in control and OTC plots in Endalen, Svalbard during the summers of 2008-2011. PAR radiation was measured in control and PAR plots in the summer of 2009. Soil moisture was measured at three sites near Longyearbyen (Huset, Nybyen and Isdammen).
Purpose: The study aims to validate the use of annual growth parameters of the arctic dwarf shrubs Cassiope tetragona as proxy for past arctic summer temperatures. Dendrochronological techniques are applied in order to establish reliable growth-temperature transfer functions that allow temperature reconstruction on the high arctic archipelago Svalbard. Subsequently climate-growth relationships are further experimentally assessed by manipulating growth in the field through warming of the tundra with Open Top Chambers (OTC's), lowering of the Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) with tents (-50%) and doubling the ambient precipitation in field sites near Longyearbyen and Ny-Ålesund in Svalbard. |
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Geographic Coverage
| N: 78.9 | S: 68.4 | E: 18.8 | W: 11.9 |
| Min Altitude: 6 M | Max Altitude: 500 M |
Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
Weijers, S.
Dataset Title: Annual growth parameters of Cassiope tetragona Dataset Publisher: Weijers, S. |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 2008-01-15 |
| Stop Date: 2012-01-14 |
Location Keywords
Science Keywords
| BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >ALPINE/TUNDRA [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >DOMINANT SPECIES [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >LEAF CHARACTERISTICS [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >PLANT CHARACTERISTICS [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >TREE RINGS [Definition] |
| LAND SURFACE >LAND TEMPERATURE >LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE [Definition] |
| PALEOCLIMATE >LAND RECORDS >ISOTOPES [Definition] |
| PALEOCLIMATE >LAND RECORDS >TREE RINGS [Definition] |
| BIOSPHERE >VEGETATION >EVERGREEN VEGETATION [Definition] |
| PALEOCLIMATE >PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS >AIR TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION [Definition] |
| PALEOCLIMATE >PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS >DROUGHT/PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION [Definition] |
| PALEOCLIMATE >PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS >GROUND WATER RECONSTRUCTION [Definition] |
| BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION >PLANTS >ANGIOSPERMS (FLOWERING PLANTS) >DICOTS |
ISO Topic Category
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BIOTA
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Platform
| FIELD INVESTIGATION [Information] |
Project
| IPY >INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR [Information] |
| EBA >Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic [Information] |
| TARANTELLA >Terrestrial ecosystems: Effects of UV Light, Liquefying ice, and Ascending temp. [Information] |
Access Constraints
| Contact scientists for the data. |
Use Constraints
| Contact scientists for the data. |
Keywords
| Cassiope tetragona |
| Dendrochronology |
| IPY-NL |
Data Set Progress
| IN WORK |
Originating Center
| VU University Amsterdam, FALW, Systemsecology |
Data Center
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Netherlands National Polar Data Centre, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Netherlands
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Data Center URL: http://www.nioz.nl/dmg
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Personnel
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STEF
WEIJERS Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: DIF AUTHOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +31 (0) 20 59 87047 Email: stef.weijers at falw.vu.nl Contact Address: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences Systems Ecology De Boelelaan 1085 City: Amsterdam Postal Code: 1081 HV Country: The Netherlands |
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JELTE
ROZEMA Role: INVESTIGATOR Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +31 (0) 20 59 87055 Email: jelte.rozema at ecology.falw.vu.nl Contact Address: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences Systems Ecology De Boelelaan 1085 City: Amsterdam Postal Code: 1081 HV Country: The Netherlands |
Publications/References
Weijers, S., Broekman, R., and Rozema, J. (2010) Dendrochronology in the High Arctic: July air temperatures reconstructed from annual shoot length growth of the circumarctic dwarf shrub Cassiope tetragona. Quaternary Science Reviews 29, 3831-3842
Rozema J., Weijers S., Broekman R., Blokker P., Buizer B., Werleman C., El Yaqine H., Hoogedoorn H., Fuertes M.M., and Cooper E. (2009) Annual growth of Cassiope tetragona as a proxy for Arctic climate: developing correlative and experimental transfer functions to reconstruct past summer temperature on a millennial time scale Global Change Biology 15 1703–1715
Rozema J., Weijers S., Broekman R., Blokker P., Buizer B., Werleman C., El Yaqine H., Hoogedoorn H., Fuertes M.M., and Cooper E. (2009) Annual growth of Cassiope tetragona as a proxy for Arctic climate: developing correlative and experimental transfer functions to reconstruct past summer temperature on a millennial time scale Global Change Biology 15 1703–1715
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2012-01-03
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-01-03
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