# Yellow River 1,200 Year Streamflow Reconstruction #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # World Data Service for Paleoclimatology, Boulder # and # NOAA Paleoclimatology Program # National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) #----------------------------------------------------------------------- # Template Version 3.0 # Encoding: UTF-8 # NOTE: Please cite Publication, and Online_Resource and date accessed when using these data. # If there is no publication information, please cite Investigators, Title, and Online_Resource and date accessed. # # Online_Resource: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/26230 # Description: NOAA Landing Page # Online_Resource: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/reconstructions/asia/china/yellow2019flow.txt # Description: NOAA location of the template # # Original_Source_URL: # Description: # # Description/Documentation lines begin with # # Data lines have no # # # Archive: Climate Reconstruction # # Dataset DOI: # # Parameter_Keywords: streamflow #-------------------- # Contribution_Date # Date: 2019-02-16 #-------------------- # File_Last_Modified_Date # Date: 2019-02-16 #-------------------- # Title # Study_Name: Yellow River 1,200 Year Streamflow Reconstruction #-------------------- # Investigators # Investigators: Li, J.; Xie, S.-P.; Cook, E.R.; Chen, F.; Shi, J.; Zhang, D.D.; Fang, K.; Gou, X.; Li, T.; Peng, J.; Shi, S.; Zhao, Y. #-------------------- # Description_Notes_and_Keywords # Description: Yellow River streamflow reconstruction at Shanxian, Henan, China, for the past 1,200 years, based on a basin-wide tree ring network. #-------------------- # Publication # Authors: Jinbao Li, Shang-Ping Xie, Edward R. Cook, Fahu Chen, Jiangfeng Shi, David D. Zhang, Keyan Fang, Xiaohua Gou, Teng Li, Jianfeng Peng, Shiyuan Shi, Yesi Zhao # Published_Date_or_Year: 2019-01-28 # Published_Title: Deciphering Human Contributions to Yellow River Flow Reductions and Downstream Drying Using Centuries-Long Tree Ring Records # Journal_Name: Geophysical Research Letters # Volume: 46 # Edition: # Issue: 2 # Pages:898-905 # Report_Number: # DOI: 10.1029/2018GL081090 # Online_Resource: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018GL081090 # Full_Citation: # Abstract: The Yellow River flow has decreased substantially in recent decades, and the river often dried up in the lower reach and failed to reach the sea. Climate change and human disruption have been suggested as major causes of the flow reduction, but quantification of their relative contribution is challenging due to limited instrumental records and disturbance by dams. Here we use a basin-wide tree ring network to reconstruct the Yellow River flow for the past 1,200 years and show that the flow exhibits marked amplitude variations that are closely coupled to the hydrological mean state swings at multidecadal to centennial timescales. Recent flow should have increased to the highest level of the past 1,200 years if there were no human disruption. However, human activities have caused a loss of nearly half of natural flow since the late 1960s and are the main culprit for recent downstream flow reduction. #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: National Key Research and Development Program of China # Grant: 2018YFA0605601 #------------------ # Funding_Agency # Funding_Agency_Name: Research Grants Council of Hong Kong # Grant: 17303017, 27300514 #------------------ # Site_Information # Site_Name: Shanxian # Location: Asia>Eastern Asia>China # Country: China # Northernmost_Latitude: 34.8167 # Southernmost_Latitude: 34.8167 # Easternmost_Longitude: 111.15 # Westernmost_Longitude: 111.15 # Elevation: #------------------ # Data_Collection # Collection_Name: Yellow2019flow # Earliest_Year: 800 # Most_Recent_Year: 2010 # Time_Unit: CE # Core_Length: # Notes: #------------------ # Chronology_Information # Chronology: # #---------------- # Variables # # Data variables follow are preceded by "##" in columns one and two. # Data line variables format: one per line, shortname-tab-variable components (what, material, error, units, seasonality, data type,detail, method, C or N for Character or Numeric data, free text) # ## age_CE age, , , year Common Era, , , , ,N, ## streamflow streamflow, , , 10^9 cubic meter, annual,climate reconstructions,,tree ring reconstruction,N, Annual (Oct-Sep) Yellow River flow # #---------------- # Data: # Data lines follow (have no #) # Data line format - tab-delimited text, variable short name as header # Missing Values: # age_CE streamflow 800 35.725 801 42.611 802 48.521 803 40.682 804 33.625 805 34.595 806 41.022 807 39.188 808 37.367 809 38.849 810 37.604 811 43.578 812 43.910 813 47.561 814 47.812 815 48.044 816 52.900 817 40.874 818 44.151 819 37.402 820 39.671 821 53.951 822 41.714 823 36.276 824 33.243 825 42.130 826 48.153 827 43.881 828 40.747 829 43.735 830 39.142 831 47.578 832 49.757 833 45.179 834 47.532 835 49.993 836 50.138 837 38.352 838 43.804 839 44.597 840 58.408 841 50.442 842 31.248 843 44.812 844 44.141 845 42.416 846 48.984 847 46.804 848 47.336 849 47.012 850 48.781 851 50.170 852 51.422 853 48.714 854 44.580 855 46.329 856 44.219 857 33.878 858 42.760 859 37.180 860 37.580 861 34.547 862 36.269 863 44.607 864 34.915 865 37.598 866 42.218 867 36.986 868 38.094 869 39.624 870 36.938 871 36.202 872 40.496 873 42.076 874 45.173 875 30.737 876 36.212 877 43.696 878 47.918 879 42.324 880 44.313 881 45.565 882 49.434 883 44.486 884 45.468 885 49.636 886 45.601 887 37.472 888 48.788 889 45.177 890 43.546 891 50.092 892 48.391 893 46.698 894 45.914 895 51.422 896 47.516 897 52.235 898 50.000 899 38.782 900 45.639 901 33.899 902 43.453 903 42.260 904 44.232 905 40.595 906 33.811 907 33.873 908 26.029 909 30.553 910 36.597 911 38.296 912 38.936 913 43.268 914 42.861 915 44.585 916 46.174 917 37.261 918 44.635 919 41.793 920 31.055 921 39.830 922 42.254 923 39.069 924 48.568 925 43.883 926 42.897 927 36.523 928 44.449 929 46.390 930 49.406 931 35.672 932 45.906 933 44.469 934 52.806 935 40.390 936 55.150 937 47.103 938 47.565 939 50.565 940 49.150 941 49.857 942 55.103 943 44.016 944 50.515 945 42.877 946 39.251 947 47.575 948 47.855 949 42.803 950 37.138 951 41.381 952 44.668 953 46.464 954 41.765 955 40.729 956 44.868 957 35.370 958 36.540 959 51.374 960 39.528 961 33.733 962 44.808 963 33.921 964 37.401 965 46.416 966 45.714 967 47.290 968 43.583 969 35.806 970 44.462 971 55.067 972 47.597 973 50.458 974 55.891 975 46.375 976 47.082 977 45.606 978 49.719 979 47.089 980 55.686 981 39.388 982 37.811 983 54.589 984 51.476 985 49.033 986 51.699 987 45.743 988 47.654 989 52.023 990 46.187 991 47.637 992 56.671 993 52.000 994 52.591 995 42.420 996 48.269 997 48.461 998 54.374 999 42.614 1000 47.287 1001 43.783 1002 53.915 1003 50.189 1004 41.044 1005 40.745 1006 35.860 1007 32.860 1008 35.018 1009 36.347 1010 41.805 1011 39.630 1012 43.002 1013 45.489 1014 38.994 1015 38.087 1016 41.107 1017 32.837 1018 38.375 1019 49.576 1020 38.149 1021 37.201 1022 35.823 1023 42.866 1024 47.211 1025 43.698 1026 39.482 1027 41.525 1028 41.347 1029 41.504 1030 42.691 1031 35.213 1032 37.274 1033 37.392 1034 28.203 1035 44.432 1036 44.922 1037 44.780 1038 41.648 1039 47.164 1040 42.829 1041 44.220 1042 47.718 1043 46.978 1044 47.156 1045 41.061 1046 44.210 1047 37.333 1048 50.204 1049 48.528 1050 44.684 1051 43.202 1052 47.298 1053 49.234 1054 43.003 1055 30.117 1056 43.865 1057 48.767 1058 50.037 1059 47.576 1060 51.911 1061 40.739 1062 54.725 1063 38.375 1064 47.062 1065 46.255 1066 60.262 1067 46.807 1068 47.885 1069 40.397 1070 41.063 1071 54.070 1072 49.268 1073 38.128 1074 36.393 1075 46.494 1076 38.283 1077 47.646 1078 45.707 1079 37.392 1080 47.825 1081 53.907 1082 49.262 1083 47.062 1084 33.408 1085 56.406 1086 38.002 1087 40.521 1088 51.261 1089 48.947 1090 56.637 1091 57.383 1092 51.248 1093 54.250 1094 48.189 1095 48.152 1096 59.476 1097 60.905 1098 45.711 1099 51.836 1100 46.375 1101 38.827 1102 45.726 1103 38.240 1104 49.888 1105 47.490 1106 45.121 1107 46.008 1108 33.722 1109 36.206 1110 41.421 1111 50.378 1112 30.493 1113 41.611 1114 39.680 1115 34.320 1116 45.816 1117 45.419 1118 46.941 1119 38.658 1120 39.198 1121 38.618 1122 40.962 1123 41.021 1124 33.164 1125 52.101 1126 47.194 1127 35.441 1128 41.711 1129 38.475 1130 33.359 1131 39.235 1132 39.436 1133 40.148 1134 45.834 1135 45.834 1136 38.318 1137 46.106 1138 38.530 1139 46.810 1140 52.240 1141 44.666 1142 37.212 1143 43.991 1144 31.414 1145 23.949 1146 35.006 1147 40.418 1148 43.897 1149 38.951 1150 33.510 1151 31.005 1152 22.630 1153 38.890 1154 39.571 1155 45.079 1156 33.856 1157 33.889 1158 43.798 1159 32.776 1160 35.236 1161 50.737 1162 31.808 1163 46.943 1164 46.394 1165 43.780 1166 52.829 1167 56.526 1168 43.550 1169 53.341 1170 38.473 1171 44.407 1172 39.518 1173 47.702 1174 46.607 1175 57.448 1176 41.131 1177 49.013 1178 43.531 1179 43.585 1180 40.284 1181 39.909 1182 44.149 1183 40.957 1184 53.697 1185 52.013 1186 50.931 1187 49.608 1188 52.265 1189 46.998 1190 51.141 1191 40.062 1192 48.067 1193 40.185 1194 43.699 1195 45.925 1196 47.246 1197 33.877 1198 41.388 1199 45.823 1200 33.498 1201 51.310 1202 61.936 1203 49.592 1204 43.585 1205 58.230 1206 33.330 1207 33.937 1208 39.436 1209 36.427 1210 40.825 1211 44.095 1212 48.485 1213 48.259 1214 54.014 1215 38.655 1216 48.441 1217 51.507 1218 51.010 1219 52.978 1220 35.285 1221 53.697 1222 66.361 1223 59.642 1224 48.799 1225 37.461 1226 44.470 1227 47.413 1228 49.868 1229 48.008 1230 65.661 1231 48.138 1232 51.145 1233 48.628 1234 51.239 1235 46.405 1236 41.709 1237 51.668 1238 54.427 1239 51.305 1240 47.499 1241 57.699 1242 37.177 1243 53.698 1244 46.022 1245 50.336 1246 56.161 1247 51.438 1248 45.377 1249 55.365 1250 46.702 1251 44.586 1252 48.016 1253 55.257 1254 53.037 1255 34.073 1256 34.708 1257 37.200 1258 25.707 1259 31.240 1260 40.096 1261 41.187 1262 40.970 1263 45.917 1264 46.542 1265 46.129 1266 50.523 1267 51.831 1268 45.014 1269 44.229 1270 55.340 1271 28.241 1272 46.511 1273 42.624 1274 45.981 1275 47.488 1276 34.359 1277 46.580 1278 43.998 1279 45.658 1280 43.756 1281 33.282 1282 48.698 1283 42.651 1284 39.962 1285 36.478 1286 32.151 1287 36.570 1288 43.080 1289 45.432 1290 37.421 1291 44.585 1292 44.760 1293 39.877 1294 40.976 1295 32.954 1296 43.048 1297 49.391 1298 32.590 1299 38.093 1300 42.261 1301 40.965 1302 34.995 1303 39.546 1304 32.670 1305 36.798 1306 40.381 1307 39.414 1308 33.081 1309 41.072 1310 50.760 1311 41.424 1312 58.072 1313 44.534 1314 52.727 1315 47.844 1316 61.725 1317 41.276 1318 55.976 1319 29.227 1320 46.259 1321 60.009 1322 52.591 1323 38.569 1324 55.220 1325 57.168 1326 47.285 1327 51.396 1328 49.260 1329 36.443 1330 43.229 1331 48.390 1332 38.409 1333 52.064 1334 41.536 1335 37.560 1336 37.848 1337 38.608 1338 46.190 1339 39.102 1340 42.777 1341 41.127 1342 39.808 1343 41.478 1344 34.822 1345 44.763 1346 53.204 1347 46.052 1348 42.004 1349 44.686 1350 55.280 1351 45.690 1352 45.571 1353 41.129 1354 49.606 1355 44.666 1356 44.355 1357 48.425 1358 34.897 1359 55.830 1360 43.841 1361 48.684 1362 50.069 1363 55.258 1364 46.368 1365 50.676 1366 53.815 1367 51.939 1368 45.829 1369 39.760 1370 42.778 1371 45.798 1372 47.520 1373 52.439 1374 53.638 1375 42.335 1376 36.723 1377 47.820 1378 49.775 1379 41.695 1380 46.151 1381 53.236 1382 44.050 1383 43.182 1384 49.853 1385 39.583 1386 45.359 1387 55.238 1388 56.781 1389 45.323 1390 44.979 1391 48.216 1392 40.211 1393 54.002 1394 55.649 1395 49.255 1396 54.560 1397 47.143 1398 51.814 1399 49.624 1400 44.532 1401 33.385 1402 54.265 1403 36.106 1404 44.565 1405 48.943 1406 37.009 1407 47.934 1408 49.940 1409 56.044 1410 41.122 1411 51.717 1412 44.679 1413 55.379 1414 53.576 1415 44.688 1416 55.555 1417 50.114 1418 54.272 1419 37.221 1420 54.119 1421 49.587 1422 48.558 1423 40.034 1424 49.824 1425 50.077 1426 40.897 1427 49.474 1428 39.225 1429 40.987 1430 43.178 1431 45.718 1432 53.768 1433 48.512 1434 54.290 1435 48.084 1436 38.243 1437 49.638 1438 46.298 1439 52.110 1440 49.550 1441 41.352 1442 47.196 1443 46.934 1444 35.963 1445 47.444 1446 46.625 1447 34.147 1448 43.832 1449 41.634 1450 34.479 1451 30.610 1452 43.259 1453 36.661 1454 41.063 1455 29.255 1456 35.687 1457 38.519 1458 35.832 1459 35.772 1460 38.434 1461 39.837 1462 49.292 1463 38.978 1464 47.263 1465 38.702 1466 36.771 1467 32.328 1468 29.152 1469 41.293 1470 30.750 1471 27.534 1472 40.460 1473 30.525 1474 40.910 1475 39.946 1476 34.436 1477 42.905 1478 30.988 1479 40.156 1480 27.567 1481 27.741 1482 35.936 1483 45.427 1484 24.286 1485 30.625 1486 35.402 1487 42.230 1488 34.234 1489 48.581 1490 31.564 1491 41.089 1492 30.043 1493 45.010 1494 35.745 1495 23.116 1496 36.359 1497 34.444 1498 40.345 1499 33.878 1500 44.895 1501 40.104 1502 32.340 1503 44.606 1504 43.254 1505 31.492 1506 50.939 1507 49.570 1508 53.401 1509 42.231 1510 41.058 1511 36.714 1512 54.170 1513 49.959 1514 44.728 1515 36.078 1516 42.301 1517 53.194 1518 48.686 1519 42.162 1520 36.492 1521 59.664 1522 50.348 1523 47.408 1524 38.947 1525 58.702 1526 48.991 1527 40.940 1528 33.620 1529 39.380 1530 56.329 1531 46.847 1532 46.519 1533 51.758 1534 50.806 1535 50.266 1536 56.349 1537 49.441 1538 38.964 1539 32.538 1540 51.492 1541 50.553 1542 44.520 1543 53.105 1544 49.493 1545 53.300 1546 47.902 1547 51.176 1548 37.767 1549 46.916 1550 53.398 1551 54.085 1552 56.013 1553 47.395 1554 34.897 1555 44.438 1556 51.000 1557 48.807 1558 41.330 1559 48.482 1560 43.046 1561 54.232 1562 50.677 1563 41.211 1564 57.175 1565 45.386 1566 55.654 1567 48.614 1568 44.682 1569 42.826 1570 41.798 1571 49.067 1572 39.796 1573 48.149 1574 51.877 1575 53.037 1576 55.164 1577 57.201 1578 50.269 1579 49.820 1580 42.768 1581 39.954 1582 51.966 1583 57.420 1584 44.019 1585 37.574 1586 42.025 1587 38.806 1588 35.780 1589 42.661 1590 27.014 1591 37.310 1592 45.713 1593 37.290 1594 43.629 1595 44.551 1596 47.302 1597 46.897 1598 43.421 1599 43.839 1600 37.111 1601 33.274 1602 24.582 1603 44.861 1604 42.629 1605 50.487 1606 44.528 1607 50.002 1608 40.718 1609 43.006 1610 54.161 1611 46.655 1612 45.808 1613 42.342 1614 49.293 1615 53.039 1616 49.880 1617 44.147 1618 46.911 1619 49.434 1620 35.790 1621 43.425 1622 46.262 1623 38.468 1624 52.747 1625 45.862 1626 38.264 1627 33.625 1628 39.519 1629 55.749 1630 40.398 1631 49.824 1632 46.350 1633 32.784 1634 36.379 1635 53.560 1636 54.920 1637 50.472 1638 39.416 1639 30.018 1640 35.679 1641 27.513 1642 35.838 1643 39.626 1644 40.380 1645 38.866 1646 39.029 1647 46.818 1648 42.227 1649 22.157 1650 36.276 1651 31.374 1652 36.967 1653 33.918 1654 40.970 1655 38.629 1656 33.277 1657 20.902 1658 44.165 1659 42.396 1660 38.543 1661 45.872 1662 47.432 1663 35.803 1664 47.376 1665 31.958 1666 41.030 1667 30.432 1668 45.200 1669 43.659 1670 49.758 1671 48.977 1672 29.026 1673 50.270 1674 43.187 1675 39.224 1676 29.835 1677 41.720 1678 42.126 1679 50.604 1680 47.306 1681 36.113 1682 44.562 1683 53.248 1684 39.808 1685 59.427 1686 42.962 1687 28.228 1688 38.943 1689 34.952 1690 45.659 1691 50.353 1692 44.498 1693 36.278 1694 37.166 1695 43.562 1696 37.373 1697 44.680 1698 34.627 1699 36.174 1700 38.591 1701 29.111 1702 41.994 1703 37.301 1704 40.762 1705 42.031 1706 37.248 1707 33.117 1708 33.504 1709 47.384 1710 32.101 1711 36.730 1712 39.646 1713 26.612 1714 27.426 1715 25.659 1716 35.749 1717 23.970 1718 38.634 1719 32.973 1720 41.132 1721 30.538 1722 37.441 1723 38.615 1724 45.539 1725 34.593 1726 42.414 1727 24.416 1728 44.309 1729 36.415 1730 45.334 1731 35.511 1732 43.085 1733 42.396 1734 48.400 1735 46.745 1736 50.779 1737 44.866 1738 50.658 1739 46.114 1740 39.989 1741 41.271 1742 41.542 1743 44.360 1744 49.442 1745 47.172 1746 49.718 1747 45.398 1748 41.428 1749 26.077 1750 35.564 1751 46.071 1752 46.962 1753 46.384 1754 38.946 1755 45.635 1756 47.144 1757 45.593 1758 44.107 1759 49.174 1760 51.869 1761 52.960 1762 50.872 1763 49.445 1764 41.985 1765 47.831 1766 36.021 1767 53.468 1768 48.500 1769 47.384 1770 23.072 1771 58.175 1772 50.200 1773 53.382 1774 45.715 1775 45.437 1776 33.367 1777 43.254 1778 57.024 1779 39.669 1780 54.443 1781 54.941 1782 45.124 1783 47.160 1784 44.442 1785 49.469 1786 47.915 1787 37.838 1788 45.393 1789 39.923 1790 43.912 1791 47.068 1792 34.454 1793 41.693 1794 41.266 1795 36.876 1796 30.759 1797 37.098 1798 55.993 1799 48.901 1800 60.799 1801 38.701 1802 51.299 1803 56.157 1804 55.582 1805 50.895 1806 46.907 1807 50.645 1808 48.018 1809 42.143 1810 39.454 1811 51.091 1812 44.231 1813 41.782 1814 44.618 1815 51.697 1816 40.966 1817 37.88 1818 40.495 1819 41.953 1820 45.16 1821 37.625 1822 44.006 1823 44.173 1824 9.027 1825 41.656 1826 39.81 1827 52.691 1828 44.337 1829 44.602 1830 51.053 1831 26.899 1832 55.168 1833 43.781 1834 38.072 1835 55.049 1836 38.256 1837 42.934 1838 42.74 1839 43.541 1840 41.445 1841 47.486 1842 35.095 1843 43.284 1844 41.357 1845 45.339 1846 36.627 1847 35.504 1848 51.574 1849 50.015 1850 47.717 1851 56.783 1852 43.935 1853 44.706 1854 54.01 1855 51.049 1856 46.758 1857 46.428 1858 42.892 1859 49.13 1860 51.591 1861 24.171 1862 34.402 1863 46.507 1864 43.288 1865 41.741 1866 41.733 1867 40.556 1868 53.087 1869 39.777 1870 46.701 1871 42.795 1872 36.221 1873 46.119 1874 46.54 1875 51.823 1876 50.417 1877 33.385 1878 32.592 1879 26.651 1880 37.758 1881 30.862 1882 38.549 1883 39.937 1884 35.027 1885 45.27 1886 48.645 1887 46.919 1888 60.218 1889 53.307 1890 58.518 1891 47.119 1892 42.067 1893 51.963 1894 46.297 1895 31.718 1896 52.397 1897 52.36 1898 44.726 1899 49.388 1900 37.049 1901 50.022 1902 40.387 1903 57.086 1904 52.935 1905 55.424 1906 57.11 1907 55.789 1908 44.128 1909 43.572 1910 48.928 1911 52.581 1912 42.101 1913 50.775 1914 53.782 1915 42.493 1916 26.1 1917 43.102 1918 27.272 1919 35.658 1920 40.592 1921 46.132 1922 38.986 1923 33.581 1924 39.579 1925 41.069 1926 25.592 1927 30.748 1928 24.86 1929 27.118 1930 32.667 1931 29.868 1932 26.735 1933 46.072 1934 29.331 1935 44.498 1936 53.926 1937 53.865 1938 52.111 1939 55.738 1940 43.33 1941 43.496 1942 36.063 1943 55.601 1944 48.289 1945 42.026 1946 56.652 1947 52.136 1948 53.587 1949 54.177 1950 45.607 1951 45.498 1952 45.804 1953 23.001 1954 51.103 1955 53.208 1956 45.855 1957 38.07 1958 40.011 1959 51.267 1960 33.176 1961 45.362 1962 47.641 1963 44.041 1964 56.763 1965 60.294 1966 41.295 1967 62.199 1968 51.841 1969 52.4 1970 56.894 1971 40.686 1972 58.418 1973 48.472 1974 53.856 1975 58.585 1976 49.54 1977 56.229 1978 42.828 1979 41.022 1980 56.778 1981 51.338 1982 50.373 1983 57.245 1984 58.93 1985 55.648 1986 57.287 1987 53.545 1988 46.338 1989 58.623 1990 50.699 1991 46.987 1992 40.949 1993 60.508 1994 46.760 1995 20.587 1996 53.059 1997 38.039 1998 36.145 1999 50.103 2000 40.698 2001 35.047 2002 53.946 2003 41.895 2004 58.050 2005 57.963 2006 60.870 2007 53.123 2008 61.506 2009 61.899 2010 65.596