Clarifying springtime temperature reconstructions of the medieval period by gap-filling the cherry blossom phenological data series at Kyoto, Japan

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-219

  Aono, Yasuyuki ^a   Saito, Shizuka ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cherry blossom; Climatic reconstruction; Kyoto; Phenology; Wisteria flower

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CITY; FLOWER; FORECASTING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTORY; JAPAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRUNUS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WEATHER; WISTERIA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; CITIES; FLOWERS; FORECASTING; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; JAPAN; PRUNUS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; WISTERIA;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS JAMASAKURA; WISTERIA; WISTERIA FLORIBUNDA;

EID: 77951766070     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-009-0272-x     Document Type: Article

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