Testing the relationship between Holocene peatland palaeoclimate reconstructions and instrumental data at two European sites

摘要: Abstract Peatland surface wetness records provide long Holocene palaeoclimate reconstructions at 10 1 –10 2 year resolution. They reflect changes in water balance but the relative strength of precipitation and temperature signals are not known. In common with other non-annually resolved records, there has been no testing against instrumental climate data. this paper high-resolution palaeohydrological change reconstructed from testate amoebae analysis used to examine critically relationships between table change, A 200-year record northern England shows that strongest control on mean annual is summer precipitation, becoming more important over longer time periods. 50-year Estonia both measured strongly correlated precipitation. Summer also table. We conclude peatland should be interpreted as primarily reflecting variability, increasingly continental settings.