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Hydroclimatic Variability Inferred from Douglas-Fir Tree Rings in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Central Mexico.
| Τίτλος: | Hydroclimatic Variability Inferred from Douglas-Fir Tree Rings in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Central Mexico. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Villanueva-Díaz, José1 (AUTHOR) villanueva.jose@inifap.gob.mx, Correa-Díaz, Arian2 (AUTHOR), Cabral-Alemán, Citlalli1,3 (AUTHOR), Zúñiga-Vásquez, José Manuel1,4 (AUTHOR), Gutiérrez-García, Jesús Valentin1,2 (AUTHOR), Stahle, David W.2,3 (AUTHOR), Therrell, Matthew D.3,4 (AUTHOR), Martínez-Sifuentes, Aldo Rafael1,4 (AUTHOR) |
| Πηγή: | Atmosphere. Aug2026, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p769. 20p. |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | *Tree-rings, *Precipitation variability, *Dendrochronology, *Biosphere reserves, *Climate reconstruction (Research), *Modes of variability (Climatology), *Water management |
| Γεωγραφικοί όροι: | Mexico |
| Περίληψη: | Assessing long-term hydroclimatic variability in central Mexico is essential to understand regional water availability and groundwater recharge for urban centers such as Querétaro. This study developed a multi-century winter–spring precipitation reconstruction for the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve (SGBR) using ring width chronologies of Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco. Standard dendrochronological techniques were applied to develop a 284-year master chronology (1731–2015). Following the accepted Subsample Signal Strength criterion (SSS ≥ 0.85) for chronology reliability, the reconstruction was restricted to the 1744–2015 period, yielding a statistically robust 271-year December–April precipitation record. A bootstrapped ordinary least-squares regression model relating tree-ring indices to instrumental December–April precipitation was calibrated and validated using split-sample cross-validation, explaining 46% of the instrumental precipitation variance (R2 = 0.46) and yielding positive verification statistics (RE = 0.38–0.58; CE = 0.37–0.57). Spatial field correlations against gridded climate data (CRU TS4.08) confirmed a broad regional hydroclimatic signal centered over the Sierra Madre Oriental. Continuous wavelet transform (CWT), spectral analysis, superposed epoch analysis (SEA), and wavelet coherence (WTC) revealed significant interannual (2–8 years) and decadal (10–20 years) variability associated with large-scale ocean–atmosphere climate modes, including the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), and Tropical North Atlantic (TNA) index. The pronounced sensitivity of these conifer forests to pre-monsoonal moisture deficits highlights their vulnerability to projected warming and increasing spring evapotranspiration stress. Although the reconstruction is limited to pre-monsoonal (December–April) precipitation, it provides a robust centuries-long baseline for contextualizing regional hydroclimatic variability and supports water-resource management, groundwater conservation, and climate-adaptation strategies in central Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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