Tree-ring-derived precipitation records from inner Mongolia, China, since A.D. 1627

Tree-Ring Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-14

  Liu, Yu ^a,b   Sun, Junyan ^a,c   Yang, Yinke ^a,c   Cai, Qiufang ^a,c   Song, Huiming ^a,c   Shi, Jiangfeng ^a,c   An, Zhisheng ^a   Li, Xuxiang ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Inner mongolia; Pinus tabulaeformis carriere; Precipitation reconstruction; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 34447559354     PISSN: 15361098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3959/1536-1098-63.1.3     Document Type: Article

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