Reconstruction of precipitation variation from tree rings in recent 1000 years in Delingha, Qinghai

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 939-949

  Shao, Xuemei ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Liu, Hongbin ^b   Liang, Eryuan ^a   Fang, Xiuqi ^c   Wang, Lili ^a  

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

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Northeastern part of the Qaidam Basin; Precipitation reconstruction in 1000 years; Tree ring width series of Qilian juniper

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE QAIDAM BASIN; PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION IN 1000 YEARS; TREE-RING WIDTH SERIES OF QILIAN JUNIPER;

SURFACE STRUCTURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI;

JUNIPERUS; SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 33646674374     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0146     Document Type: Article

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