Abstract In this paper,a lot of historical documents were collected to restruct temperature change in the eastern area of northern foot of Tianshan Mountains during the mid-late 18th century. There were abnormal frost dates and snow falls in Barkol,and the documents showed temperature rise in AD 1757-1774. Furthermore,some perception records on warm explained the same rise in the Urumchi. Therefore,the historical documents recorded a warm period in the northern foot of Tianshan Mountains in AD 1757-1774. Combining with the existing research results by tree-ring and the social background, temperature rise recorded by the historical documents was analyzed and understood essentially. As a matter of fact,the rise was relative to the 10-20s of the 18th century,not to the 30-50s. Since the social background would influence the reliability of historical documents, is is essential to focus on it to restruct the temperature change according to the historical documents.
About author: Li Yikai, born in 1991, is a candidate for master degree in Northwest Institute of Historical Environment and Socio￣Economic Development, Shaanxi Normal University. He majors in historical geography. E-mail: ek20140106@163.com. About the corresponding author Zhang Li, born in 1976, is an associate professor of Shaanxi Normal University. She specializes in research on environmental change in history. E-mail: zhangli20130000@163.com.
Cite this article:
Li Yikai,Zhang Li,An Ling et al. Temperature rise in eastern area of northern foot of Tianshan Mountains in AD 1757-1774 recorded by historical documents[J]. JOPC, 2015, 17(5): 709-717.
Li Yikai,Zhang Li,An Ling et al. Temperature rise in eastern area of northern foot of Tianshan Mountains in AD 1757-1774 recorded by historical documents[J]. JOPC, 2015, 17(5): 709-717.
