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Pacific decadal variability over the last 2000 years and implications for climatic risk

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Vance, TR and Kiem, AS and Jong, LM and Roberts, JL and Plummer, CT and Moy, AD and Curran, MAJ and van Ommen, TD, Pacific decadal variability over the last 2000 years and implications for climatic risk, Communications Earth & Environment, 3 Article 33. ISSN 2662-4435 (2022) [Refereed Article]


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DOI: doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00359-z

Abstract

The Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, an index which defines decadal climate variability throughout the Pacific, is generally assumed to have positive and negative phases that each last 20-30 years. Here we present a 2000-year reconstruction of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, obtained using information preserved in Antarctic ice cores, that shows negative phases are short (7 ± 5 years) and infrequent (occurring 10% of the time) departures from a predominantly neutral-positive state that lasts decades (61 ± 56 years). These findings suggest that Pacific Basin climate risk is poorly characterised due to over-representation of negative phases in post-1900 observations. We demonstrate the implications of this for eastern Australia, where drought risk is elevated during neutral-positive phases, and highlight the need for a re-evaluation of climate risk for all locations affected by the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. The initiation and future frequency of negative phases should also be a research priority given their prevalence in more recent centuries.

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:drought, quantifying climatic risk, water resources, Australia
Research Division:Earth Sciences
Research Group:Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Research Field:Natural hazards
Objective Division:Environmental Management
Objective Group:Air quality, atmosphere and weather
Objective Field:Atmospheric processes and dynamics
UTAS Author:Vance, TR (Dr Tessa Vance)
UTAS Author:Jong, LM (Dr Lenneke Jong)
UTAS Author:Roberts, JL (Dr Jason Roberts)
UTAS Author:Plummer, CT (Mr Christopher Plummer)
UTAS Author:Moy, AD (Dr Andrew Moy)
UTAS Author:Curran, MAJ (Dr Mark Curran)
UTAS Author:van Ommen, TD (Dr Tas van Ommen)
ID Code:149044
Year Published:2022
Funding Support:Australian Research Council (DP180102522)
Web of Science® Times Cited:4
Deposited By:Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
Deposited On:2022-03-03
Last Modified:2022-10-17
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