"A Terminal Report Submitted 31 October, 1981 on the National Science Foundation grant EAR 78-04436 with the assistance of the Department of Energy contract no. EE-78-A-28-3274"

"A Final Technical Report Submitted 31 May 1985 on the National Science Foundation grant EAR-8018687 for the period 1 April 1981 to 31 October 1984 with the assistance of the Department of Energy contract no. DE-AC02-81EV10680 covering the period 1 May 1981 to 31 October 1982" / Since Edmund Schulman’s initial interest in 1953, the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has conducted dendrochronological studies of bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva D. K. Bailey, sp. Nov.) in the White Mountains of east-central California where living trees reach ages in excess of 4,000 years. The focus of this report relates to the support by the Geology and Anthropology sections in the National Science Foundation under grant EAR-8018687 for the period 1 April 1981 to 31 October 1984 with the assistance of the Department of Energy contract no. DE-AC02-81EV10680 covering the period 1 May 1981 to 31 October 1982. A summary of this research was recently published in Radiocarbon (Ferguson and Graybill 1983). In most cases various facets of the work were related to projects sponsored by all agencies. Therefore the full range of activities during that period is described herein. The primary project goals were: To extend the bristlecone pine chronology from the White Mountains of California beyond 6700 B.C. and strengthen it by incorporating additional specimens. To develop bristlecone pine chronologies in new areas for applications in archaeology, isotopic studies, and other earth sciences. To furnish dendrochronologically dated wood to researchers engaged in the study of past variations in carbon isotopes and climate.

Radial growth characteristics of a high-elevation shrub species, sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides), were investigated at four sites in a river valley at altitudes ranging from 3,333 to 3,820 m a.s.l. close to the terminus of the July First Glacier in the western Qilian Mountains of northwestern China. Radial growth of the sea buckthorn was significantly and positively correlated with the mean monthly temperature in June of the current growing season. Based on the fact that fluctuations in the shrub’s radial growth and the glacier’s equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) are affected by climatic variables, a tree-ring width chronology of the four sites was used to reconstruct the ELA from 1950 to 2003. The resulting ELA model explained more than 55.3% of the variance in the ELA of the July First Glacier series. On a decadal time scale, the cumulative-departure curve of the reconstructed ELA series showed an increasing trend from the 1950s to the mid-1960s, followed by a descending trend from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. The ELA appears to have remained stable from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, but has displayed dramatic variations during the past decade.

We present a tree-ring based reconstruction of water-year (October–September) streamflow for the Manasi River in the northern Tien Shan mountains in northwestern China. We developed eight Tien Shan spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.) chronologies for this purpose, which showed a common climatic signal. The hydroclimatic forcing driving tree growth variability affected streamflow with a three- to four-year lag. The model used to estimate streamflow is based on the average of three chronologies and reflects the autoregressive structure of the streamflow time series. The model explains 51% of variance in the instrumental data and allowed us to reconstruct streamflow for the period 1629–2000. This preliminary reconstruction could serve as a basis for providing a longer context for evaluating the recent (1995–2000) increasing trends in Manasi River streamflow and enables the detection of sustained periods of drought and flood, which are particularly challenging for managing water systems. Several of the reconstructed extended dry (wet) periods of the Manasi River correspond to reconstructed periods of drought (flood) in Central Asia in general and in other Tien Shan mountain locations in particular, suggesting that the analysis of Tien Shan spruce could contribute significantly to the development of regionally explicit streamflow reconstructions.

As pesquisas com resinagem de árvores de espécies de pinus têm mostrado o efeito de fatores que afetam a produção e a qualidade da resina, relacionado com as espécies, variabilidade genética, taxa de crescimento, idade, manejo florestal, etc. As práticas de extração da goma-resina, a concentração, freqüência da aplicação de estimulantes químicos, época de abertura dos painéis, etc., têm sido, da mesma forma, analisadas. No entanto, há necessidade do desenvolvimento de pesquisas direcionadas ao estudo da formação e da estrutura do lenho e dos canais de resina das árvores de pinus. Pelo exposto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivos a caracterização da estrutura anatômica do lenho, dos anéis de crescimento e dos canais de resina, através de metodologias de histologia e de densitometria de raios X, de amostras de árvores de Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis resinadas e não resinadas, de três classes de diâmetro. Árvores de pinus, de plantação florestal instalada em 1969, na Estação Ecológica Experimental de Itirapina, do Instituto Florestal do Estado de São Paulo, foram mensuradas e estratificadas em três classes de diâmetro do tronco. As árvores de pinus têm sido resinadas desde 2004, com a abertura de dois painéis simultâneos e opostos. Sessenta amostras do lenho das árvores de pinus foram extraídas do tronco das árvores através de método não destrutivo e, em laboratório, (i) analisada e descrita a estrutura anatômica macro e microscópica do lenho; (ii) caracterizados os anéis de crescimento e determinada a densidade aparente do lenho por densitometria de raios X; (iii) caracterizados e descritos os canais de resina axiais e radiais e sua interconexão. Os resultados das análises evidenciaram que (i) a estrutura anatômica macro e microscópica do lenho e dos anéis de crescimento é característica da espécie; (ii) os anéis de crescimento falsos ocorrem nos lenhos inicial e tardio dos anéis de crescimento anuais devido as variações climáticas; (iii) a análise dos anéis de crescimento demonstrou que as árvores têm 38 anos, comprovada pela data de plantio; (iv) o comprimento e a espessura da parede das traqueídes não diferiram nas três classes de diâmetro do tronco; (v) a largura e o diâmetro do lume das traqueídes mostraram diferenças significativas, com maiores valores na classe de maior diâmetro do tronco; (vi) a densitometria de raios X possibilitou a demarcação dos limites dos anéis de crescimento e a determinação da freqüência dos canais de resina axiais; (vii) a densidade aparente média do lenho mostrou diferença significativa entre as árvores da classe de diâmetro alta em relação as das classes média-baixa; (viii) os canais de resina axiais localizam-se em maior freqüência no lenho tardio e apresentaram maior diâmetro de menor classe de diâmetro; (ix) as características do lenho e dos canais de resina nas faces testemunha e resinada não mostraram diferenças significativas. / The research on resin tapping trees with pine species have shown the effect of factors that affect the production and quality of resin, related with the species, genetic variability, growth rate, age, forest management, etc.. The gum-resin extraction practices, the concentration, frequency of application of chemical stimulants, the time of year that panels are opening, etc., have been in the same manner, discussed. However, there is need for further research directed to study the formation and structure of the wood and resin canals from the pine trees. Therefore, this work aimed to characterize the anatomical structure of wood, the tree rings and resin canals, through methodology of histology and X-ray densitometry, of resin tapped and not resin tapped Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis trees samples, of three diameter classes. Pine trees, in forest plantation established in 1969, in the Ecological Experimental Station of Itirapina, from the Forestry Institute of São Paulo State, were measured and stratified into three classes of diameter of the trunk. The pine trees have been resin tapped since 2004, with the opening of two simultaneous and opposing panels. Sixty samples of pine wood trees were extracted from the tree trunk through a non-destructive method, and in the laboratory, (i) examined and described the macro- and microscopic anatomical structure of wood, (ii) characterized the tree rings and determined the wood apparent density by X-ray densitometry, (iii) characterized and described the ducts for axial and radial resin and its inter-connection. The test results showed that (i) the macro- and microscopic anatomical structure of wood and the tree rings are characteristic of the species, (ii) the false tree rings occur in the early wood and latewood of the tree rings due to climate change (iii) the analysis of tree rings showed that 38 years have proven the date of planting of the trees, (iv) the length and thickness of tracheids wall did not differ in the three diameter classes of the trunk, (v) the tracheids lumen width and diameter showed significant differences, with higher values in the larger diameter class trunk, (vi) the Xray densitometry allowed the demarcation of the tree rings limits and determination of the axial resin canals frequency (vii) the wood apparent density average was significantly different between the trees in high class diameter from the medium-low, (viii) the axial resin canals can be found more frequently in the latewood and had larger diameter in the lowest diameter class, (ix) the wood and resin canals characteristics from the resin tapped and no resin tapped faces did not show significant differences.

Uncertainties were analyzed in three areas (remote sensing, dendroclimatology, and climate modeling) relevant to current water resources management. First, the research investigated the relationships between remotely sensed and in situ Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) datasets in three western U.S. basins. Agreement between SWE products was found to increase in lower elevation areas and later in the snowpack season. Principal Components Analysis (PCA) revealed two distinct snow regions among the datasets and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) was used to link both data products with regional streamflow. Remotely sensed SWE was found to be sufficient to use in statistically based forecast models in which magnitude did not affect results. Second, the research investigated the dendroclimatic potential of a critical flood control and hydropower region in the southeastern U.S. (Tennessee Valley) using climate division precipitation and regional tree-ring chronology datasets. Tennessee Valley May–July precipitation was reconstructed from 1692 to 1980 (289 years) using a stepwise linear regression model (R2 = 0.56). Weibull analysis illustrated that the Tennessee Valley reconstruction model developed generally underestimated extreme precipitation and overestimated average precipitation. The longest May–July drought occurred over 10 consecutive years (1827–1836). Instrumental records indicated that the two most recent droughts (1985–1988 and 2006–2008) ranked second and third in severity in the past three centuries. Third, past, present, and future patterns and extremes in streamflow within the North Platte River Basin were investigated. A streamflow reconstruction dating back to 1383 using tree rings was created to provide a proxy for the long-term variability in the region. Projected streamflow datasets from the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) were gathered to acquire future insight of the hydroclimatic variability within the North Platte River Basin (NRPB). Drought analysis revealed that 2002–2008 was one of the driest periods in the past 600 years. Multiple CCSM projections suggest that in the future, drier (5th percentile) years will become wetter relative to 1970–1999 CCSM hindcasts. Future average (50th percentile) and wet (95th percentile) years may yield statistically higher streamflow compared to those seen in the historical (1383–1999) record, suggesting potential anthropogenic influence beyond the historic natural variability.

タンデトロン加速器質量分析計業績報告 Summaries of Researches Using AMS 1997 (平成9)年度

As pesquisas com resinagem de árvores de espécies de pinus têm mostrado o efeito de fatores que afetam a produção e a qualidade da resina, relacionado com as espécies, variabilidade genética, taxa de crescimento, idade, manejo florestal, etc. As práticas de extração da goma-resina, a concentração, freqüência da aplicação de estimulantes químicos, época de abertura dos painéis, etc., têm sido, da mesma forma, analisadas. No entanto, há necessidade do desenvolvimento de pesquisas direcionadas ao estudo da formação e da estrutura do lenho e dos canais de resina das árvores de pinus. Pelo exposto, o presente trabalho teve como objetivos a caracterização da estrutura anatômica do lenho, dos anéis de crescimento e dos canais de resina, através de metodologias de histologia e de densitometria de raios X, de amostras de árvores de Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis resinadas e não resinadas, de três classes de diâmetro. Árvores de pinus, de plantação florestal instalada em 1969, na Estação Ecológica Experimental de Itirapina, do Instituto Florestal do Estado de São Paulo, foram mensuradas e estratificadas em três classes de diâmetro do tronco. As árvores de pinus têm sido resinadas desde 2004, com a abertura de dois painéis simultâneos e opostos. Sessenta amostras do lenho das árvores de pinus foram extraídas do tronco das árvores através de método não destrutivo e, em laboratório, (i) analisada e descrita a estrutura anatômica macro e microscópica do lenho; (ii) caracterizados os anéis de crescimento e determinada a densidade aparente do lenho por densitometria de raios X; (iii) caracterizados e descritos os canais de resina axiais e radiais e sua interconexão. Os resultados das análises evidenciaram que (i) a estrutura anatômica macro e microscópica do lenho e dos anéis de crescimento é característica da espécie; (ii) os anéis de crescimento falsos ocorrem nos lenhos inicial e tardio dos anéis de crescimento anuais devido as variações climáticas; (iii) a análise dos anéis de crescimento demonstrou que as árvores têm 38 anos, comprovada pela data de plantio; (iv) o comprimento e a espessura da parede das traqueídes não diferiram nas três classes de diâmetro do tronco; (v) a largura e o diâmetro do lume das traqueídes mostraram diferenças significativas, com maiores valores na classe de maior diâmetro do tronco; (vi) a densitometria de raios X possibilitou a demarcação dos limites dos anéis de crescimento e a determinação da freqüência dos canais de resina axiais; (vii) a densidade aparente média do lenho mostrou diferença significativa entre as árvores da classe de diâmetro alta em relação as das classes média-baixa; (viii) os canais de resina axiais localizam-se em maior freqüência no lenho tardio e apresentaram maior diâmetro de menor classe de diâmetro; (ix) as características do lenho e dos canais de resina nas faces testemunha e resinada não mostraram diferenças significativas. / The research on resin tapping trees with pine species have shown the effect of factors that affect the production and quality of resin, related with the species, genetic variability, growth rate, age, forest management, etc.. The gum-resin extraction practices, the concentration, frequency of application of chemical stimulants, the time of year that panels are opening, etc., have been in the same manner, discussed. However, there is need for further research directed to study the formation and structure of the wood and resin canals from the pine trees. Therefore, this work aimed to characterize the anatomical structure of wood, the tree rings and resin canals, through methodology of histology and X-ray densitometry, of resin tapped and not resin tapped Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis trees samples, of three diameter classes. Pine trees, in forest plantation established in 1969, in the Ecological Experimental Station of Itirapina, from the Forestry Institute of São Paulo State, were measured and stratified into three classes of diameter of the trunk. The pine trees have been resin tapped since 2004, with the opening of two simultaneous and opposing panels. Sixty samples of pine wood trees were extracted from the tree trunk through a non-destructive method, and in the laboratory, (i) examined and described the macro- and microscopic anatomical structure of wood, (ii) characterized the tree rings and determined the wood apparent density by X-ray densitometry, (iii) characterized and described the ducts for axial and radial resin and its inter-connection. The test results showed that (i) the macro- and microscopic anatomical structure of wood and the tree rings are characteristic of the species, (ii) the false tree rings occur in the early wood and latewood of the tree rings due to climate change (iii) the analysis of tree rings showed that 38 years have proven the date of planting of the trees, (iv) the length and thickness of tracheids wall did not differ in the three diameter classes of the trunk, (v) the tracheids lumen width and diameter showed significant differences, with higher values in the larger diameter class trunk, (vi) the Xray densitometry allowed the demarcation of the tree rings limits and determination of the axial resin canals frequency (vii) the wood apparent density average was significantly different between the trees in high class diameter from the medium-low, (viii) the axial resin canals can be found more frequently in the latewood and had larger diameter in the lowest diameter class, (ix) the wood and resin canals characteristics from the resin tapped and no resin tapped faces did not show significant differences.

The global paleoclimate archive is lacking in tropical dendrochronology studies as a result of limitations from inconsistent tree-ring production imposed by precipitation-driven seasonality. The slash pine, Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. densa, is the dominant canopy species of Big Pine Key (BPK) rocklands and has been shown to produce complicated, but distinct, ring structures; however, traditional dendrochronology studies have not established correlations between ring width measurements and major climate drivers controlling South Florida precipitation. My study utilized the carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotope records in the α-cellulose component of tree-rings to extract information about the physiological responses of trees to climate and tropical cyclone activity. The δ13C measurements in the earlywood and latewood of four P. elliottii var. densa trees were used to build a chronology (1922-2005) and to distinguish annual growth from intra-annual density fluctuations (IADFs). Empirical orthogonal functions were used to determine individual response to precipitation, El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO). There is a distinct relationship between the δ13C values of cellulose and ENSO; however the nature (direct vs. inversely correlated) is temporally controlled by the prevailing phase of the AMO. The appearance of some IADFs coincide with the timing of El Niño winters occurring during the cool AMO phase, resulting in enriched δ13C values. The additional precipitation may encourage tree growth, but subsequent dry periods may slow growth and cause the tree to employ water-conservation strategies. Tree growth is influenced by the major climate drivers and the control they exert over the timing of precipitation; however, growth is ultimately controlled by the microenvironment surrounding individual trees. The δ18O and δ13C values of the latewood cellulose were compared to tropical cyclone activity occurring within a 100km radius of BPK. Tropical storms and depressions appeared as anomalously depleted values in the δ18O residual record, reflecting large amounts of tropical rain. The effects of hurricanes varied by storm; however, many of the major hurricanes (category 3-5) were preserved as an enrichments in the δ13C value of the following earlywood season. The application of stable isotope analyses greatly increases the breadth of paleoclimate information available from the trees.

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