10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
[MIS17-19] Decadal to centennial-scale Asian dust transport changes during the last thousand years recorded in Lake Suigetsu sediment
★Invited papers
Keywords:Asian dust, last 1000 years, Lake Suigetsu, decadal-vriation, centennial-variation
First we focused on the last century and compared the estimated dust flux changes to the meteorological records. The estimated dust flux shows decadal-scale change with the decrease during 1952–1974, which could be explained by weaker westerlies in lower latitudes including central Japan, reflecting weaker Aleutian Low during the corresponding period.
Similar decadal-scale changes are observed throughout last thousand years, suggesting dominance of similar decadal-scale climate systems in the East Asia and the north Pacific. In addition, the dust record exhibits centennial-scale changes with the decreases during 11–12th, 15th and 18–19th centuries. We will further compare our result with pollen record from Lake Suigetsu and tree-ring records in Asian region, and discuss nature and mechanisms of decadal and centennial-scale climate changes in East Asia.