Drought variations in the eastern part of northwest China over the past two centuries: Evidence from tree rings

Climate Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-135

  Fang, Keyan ^a,b   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Yang, Meixue ^c   Li, Jinbao ^b   He, Maosheng ^d   Zhang, Yong ^a   Tian, Qinghua ^a   Peng, Jianfeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Dendrochronology; Northwest China; PDSI

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; MONSOON; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

PICEA; PICEA WILSONII;

EID: 62249119256     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00781     Document Type: Review

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