Streamflow variations of the Yellow River over the past 593 years in western China reconstructed from tree rings

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Gou, Xiaohua ^a,b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Cook, Edward ^b   Jacoby, Gordon ^b   Yang, Meixue ^c   Li, Jinbao ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS;

FLOW REDUCTION; STREAMFLOW RECONSTRUCTION;

STREAM FLOW;

DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DRAINAGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RECONSTRUCTION; STREAMFLOW; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; PAKISTAN; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH ASIA; TIEN SHAN; YELLOW RIVER;

JUNIPERUS;

EID: 34547146907     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005705     Document Type: Article

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