A statistical study of the relationship between the solar cycle length and tree-ring index values

Details A statistical study of the relationship between the solar cycle length and tree-ring index values A statistical study of the relationship between the solar cycle length and tree-ring index values

Dec 1998

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Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 60, Issue 18, p. 1711-1718.

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We have determined the correlation coefficient between tree-ring index values and the sunspot cycle length for 69 tree-ring data sets from around the world of greater than 594 years duration. A matrix of correlation coefficients is formed with varying delay and smoothing parameters. Similar matrices, formed from the same data, but randomly scrambled, provide a control against which we can draw conclusions about the influence of the solar cycle length on climate with a reasonable degree of confidence. We find that the data confirm an association between the sunspot cycle length and climate with a negative maximum correlation coefficient for 80% of the data sets considered. This implies that wider tree-rings (i.e. more optimum growth conditions) are associated with shorter sunspot cycles. Secondly, we find that the climatic effect of the solar cycle length is smoothed by several decades and the degree of smoothing is dependent on the elevation and the geographical location of the trees employed. Thirdly, we find evidence for a cyclic variation of ~200 years period in either solar cycle length or tree ring index. Ltd.

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