Tree-ring hydrologic reconstructions for the Heihe River watershed, western China since AD 1430

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2781-2792

  Liu, Yu ^a,b   Sun, Junyan ^a   Song, Huiming ^a   Cai, Qiufang ^a   Bao, Guang ^a   Li, Xuxiang ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Groundwater level; Heihe river watershed; Precipitation; Reconstruction; Runoff; Sabina przewalskii Kom.; Tree ring width; Western China

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

HEIHE RIVER; HYDROLOGIC INDICES; LARGE SCALE OSCILLATIONS; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SABINA PRZEWALSKII KOM; TOTAL PRECIPITATION; TREE-RING WIDTH; WESTERN CHINA;

RIVERS;

GROUND WATER; RUNOFF; WATER;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF; TREE RING; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROLOGY; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; TREE GROWTH; TREE TRUNK; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; MAINTENANCE; PRECIPITATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER; QILIAN MOUNTAINS;

SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 77950956882     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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