| dc.contributor.author | Kotzé, Pieter B. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-08T07:40:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-10-08T07:40:55Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kotzé, P.B. 2020. Identification of solar periodicities in southern African baobab δ13C record. South African journal of science, 116(8): Art. #6813. [https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/6813] | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0038-2353 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1996-7489 (Online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/35899 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/6813/10299 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2020/6813 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Spectral analysis using wavelet, Lomb–Scargle and maximum entropy techniques of the proxy rainfall record of northeastern South Africa based on annual carbon isotope (δ13C) data obtained from baobab trees for the period 1600 AD – 2000 AD show clear evidence of the presence of characteristic solar periodicities. Solar periodicities that were identified above the 95% confidence level include the ~11-year Schwabe cycle, the ~22-year Hale cycle as well as the 80–110-year Gleissberg cycle. A Morlet wavelet analysis of the δ13C data between 1600 AD and 1700 AD shows the effect of the Maunder sunspot minimum on both the Schwabe and Hale cycles during this time | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | ASSAf | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tree ring | en_US |
| dc.subject | Carbon isotope data | en_US |
| dc.subject | Spectral analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Solar influences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Climate variability | en_US |
| dc.title | Identification of solar periodicities in southern African baobab δ13C record | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
