Coherence of climatic reconstruction from historical documents in China by different studies

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1007-1024

  Ge, Quansheng ^a   Zheng, Jingyun ^a   Tian, Yanyu ^a   Wu, Wenxiang ^a   Fang, Xiuqi ^a,b   Wang, Wei Chyung ^c  

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

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Climatic reconstruction; Coherence; Historical documents

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; CORRELATION METHODS; REPAIR; RESTORATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (CC); HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; IN ORDER; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); SPATIAL PATTERNING; TEMPERATURE SERIES; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATIONS; TIME SCALING; TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 46649102034     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1552     Document Type: Article

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