Humidity variability in the arid Northwest China during LIA derived from different proxy records

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-33

  Chen, Jianhui ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Zhang, Jiawu ^a   Yang, Bao ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Arid Northwest China; Humidity variability; Little Ice Age (LIA)

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HUMIDITY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECHARGE; SALINITY; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; CHINA; EBINUR LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JUYAN LAKE; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; NEI MONGGOL; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 44449143489     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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