Drought reconstruction in the Qilian Mountains over the last two centuries and its implications for large-scale moisture patterns

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 621-629

  Liu, Wenhuo ^a   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Yang, Meixue ^b   Zhang, Yong ^a   Fang, Keyan ^a   Yang, Tao ^a   Jin, Liya ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Drought variability; Qilian Mountains; SST; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849131205     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-9028-0     Document Type: Article

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