Tree-ring based summer temperature reconstruction for the source region of the Yangtze River on the Tibetan Plateau

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 313-320

  Liang, Eryuan ^a   Shao, Xuemei ^b   Qin, Ningsheng ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^c Qinghai Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; dendroclimatology; glacial fluctuations; historical climatic documents; Tibetan Plateau; volcanic eruption

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMBAWA; SUNDA ISLES; TAMBORA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 41749123041     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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