Gutenberg Open Science: Pre-instrumental perspectives on Arkansas River cross-watershed flow variability

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dc.contributor.author	Torbenson, Max C. A.	-
dc.contributor.author	Stahle, David W.	-
dc.contributor.author	Howard, Ian M.	-
dc.contributor.author	Blackstock, Joshua M.	-
dc.contributor.author	Cleaveland, Malcolm K.	-
dc.contributor.author	Stagge, James H.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-26T10:10:43Z	-
dc.date.available	2024-01-26T10:10:43Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/10004	-
dc.description.abstract	We present four reconstruction estimates of Arkansas River baseflow and streamflow using a total of 78 tree-ring chronologies for three streamflow gages, geographically spanning the headwaters in Colorado to near the confluence of the Arkansas-Mississippi rivers. The estimates represent different seasonal windows, which are dictated by the shared limiting forcing of precipitation on seasonal tree growth and soil moisture—and subsequently on the variability of Arkansas River discharge. Flow extremes that were higher and lower than what has been observed in the instrumental era are recorded in each of the four reconstructions. Years of concurrent, cross-basin (all sites) low flow appear more frequently during the 20th and 21st Centuries compared to any period since 1600 A.D., however, no significant trend in cross-basin low flow is observed. As the most downstream major tributary of the Mississippi River, the Arkansas River directly influences flood risk in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Estimates of extreme high flow in downstream reconstructions coincide with specific years of historic flooding documented in New Orleans, Louisiana, just upstream of the Mississippi River Delta. By deduction, Mississippi River flooding in years of low Arkansas River flow imply exceptional flooding contributions from the Upper Mississippi River catchments.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	550 Geowissenschaften	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	550 Earth sciences	en_GB
dc.title	Pre-instrumental perspectives on Arkansas River cross-watershed flow variability	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9986	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 09 Chemie, Pharmazie u. Geowissensch.	de
jgu.organisation.number	7950	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Journal of the American Water Resources Association	de
jgu.journal.volume	59	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.start	1	de
jgu.pages.end	15	de
jgu.publisher.year	2023	-
jgu.publisher.name	Wiley-Blackwell	de
jgu.publisher.place	Hoboken, NJ	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1093-474X	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	550	de
dc.date.updated	2023-11-13T08:55:56Z	-
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1111/1752-1688.13068	de
elements.object.id	148980	-
elements.object.labels	paleoclimatology	-
elements.object.labels	tree rings	-
elements.object.labels	flow separation	-
elements.object.labels	extremes	-
elements.object.labels	0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience	-
elements.object.labels	0905 Civil Engineering	-
elements.object.labels	0907 Environmental Engineering	-
elements.object.labels	Environmental Engineering	-
elements.object.labels	37 Earth sciences	-
elements.object.labels	40 Engineering	-
elements.object.type	journal-article	-
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
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