A new tree-ring-based summer temperature reconstruction over the last three centuries for east-central Europe

Abstract

Here, the first summer temperature reconstruction from the Czech Sudetes Mountains that extends to 1700 AD was introduced. An ensemble reconstruction approach using 251 new high-elevation spruce ring width samples suggests particularly cold June-July temperatures at the beginning of the 18th century, in the 1740s and around 1820.

Keywords

• tree rings
• dendroclimatology
• Sudetes