Reconstruction of early-spring temperature of Qinling Mountains using tree-ring chronologies

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 879-884

  Liu, Hongbin ^a   Shao, Xuemei ^b  

^a China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Chronologies; Climate change; Qinling Mountains; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 2342518147     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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