The impact of major volcanic eruptions on both the climate and dissemination of scientific information within northeastern United States during 1800 - 1920
Abstract
In northeastern United States, the Industrial Revolution era was marked by a large degree of hydrologic change and related human impacts. Two primary components of hydrologic variability, temperature and precipitation, are examined during this time period to assess the drivers that forced hydrologic variability. Fourier transform analysis of both the precipitation and temperature time-series detects high frequency events to be the most significant driver of climatic change, rather than long-term climate cycles. Of particular interest is the influence of significant global volcanic events on the temperature record of New England. The Industrial Revolution period experienced major historical eruptions through both the Tambora and the Krakatau eruptions that influenced both climatic events as well as the rate of scientific communication. In this paper we discuss the implications of extreme global climatic events on hydrologic and human systems in northeastern United States during 1800-1920.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2009
- Bibcode:
- 2009AGUFM.H43A1001A
- Keywords:
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- 0370 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE / Volcanic effects;
- 1704 HISTORY OF GEOPHYSICS / Atmospheric sciences;
- 1872 HYDROLOGY / Time series analysis