Drought reconstruction for north central China from tree rings: The value of the Palmer drought severity index

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 903-909

  Li, Jinbao ^a,b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Cook, Edward R ^b   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Zhang, Yongxiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Drought; North central China; PDSI

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; SOFTWOODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; MULTITAPER METHOD (MTM) SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREE RING;

CHINA; CLIMATES; DENDROLOGY; DROUGHT; GROWTH RINGS; MOISTURE; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HELAN MOUNTAINS;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 34250364938     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1450     Document Type: Article

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