Streamflow Reconstruction Using Multi-Taxa Tree-Ring Records from Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalaya

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Title
Streamflow Reconstruction Using Multi-Taxa Tree-Ring Records from Kullu Valley, Himachal Pradesh, Western Himalaya
Journal
Quaternary
Author(s)
Husna Asmaul, Shah Santosh K., Mehrotra Nivedita, Thomte Lamginsang, Deeksha -, Rahman Tanveer W., Pandey Uttam, Islam Nazimul, Gaire Narayan P., Singh Dharmaveer
ISSN
2571-550X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/02/2025
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
8
Number
1
Pages
9
Language
english
Abstract
To study the long-term hydroclimate variability in the Satluj Basin, streamflow data was reconstructed using tree-ring width datasets from multiple taxa available from the Kullu Valley, western (Indian) Himalaya. Five ring-width tree-ring chronologies of three conifer tree taxa (Abies pindrow, Cedrus deodara, and Pinus roxburghii) significantly correlate with the streamflow during the southwest monsoon season. Based on this correlation, a 228-year (1787–2014 CE) June–August streamflow was reconstructed using average tree-ring chronology. The reconstruction accounts for 34.5% of the total variance of the gauge records from 1964 to 2011 CE. The annual reconstruction showed above-average high-flow periods during the periods 1808–1811, 1823–1827, 1833–1837, 1860–1863, 1876–1881, and 1986–1992 CE and below-average low-flow periods during the periods 1792–1798, 1817–1820, 1828–1832, 1853–1856, 1867–1870, 1944–1947, and 1959–1962 CE. Furthermore, a period of prominent prolonged below-average discharge in the low-frequency streamflow record is indicated during the periods 1788–1807, 1999–2011, 1966–1977, 1939–1949, and 1854–1864. The low-flow (dry periods) observed in the present streamflow reconstruction are coherent with other hydroclimatic reconstructions carried out from the local (Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir Himalaya) to the regional (Hindukush mountain range in Pakistan) level. The reconstruction shows occurrences of short (2.0–2.8 and 4.8–8.3 years) to medium (12.5 years) periodicities, which signify their teleconnections with large-scale climate variations such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
Keywords
hydroclimate, dendrohydrology, conifer, multi-decadal, Satluj River, SW monsoon
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Yes
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