B3: Teleconnections as evidenced in continental archives

(H. Oberhänsli, Potsdam; A.F. Lotter, Utrecht)

Different proxies give evidence about climate variability, trends and climate change throughout the recent and past geological record. However, we are often still at the beginning of understanding the connections to the different climate modes (e.g., NAO, AO, African-Asian Monsoon, Siberian High Pressure Cell, ENSO). We invite presentations from continental archives (e.g., lakes and mires, tree-rings, caves, etc.) highlighting possible relations and/or teleconnections (i) based on continuous seasonal or annual records of specific short climate events or over longer time scales, showing feedbacks due to changes in the hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere or geosphere; (ii) including extreme events (e.g. floods, droughts, dust storms, fire, volcanic eruptions, etc.) from well-dated archives emphasizing spatial and temporal dynamics of the climate system. Also studies focussing on climatic changes due to anthropogenic activities (e.g., deforestation, land-use changes) are welcome.