An extreme drought event in the central Tien Shan area in the year 1945

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1225-1231

  Li, J ^a,b   Cook, E R ^a   Chen, F ^b   Gou, X ^b   D'Arrigo, R ^a   Yuan, Y ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Drought; ENSO; Northwest China; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EPISODIC EVENT; EXTREME EVENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 77955141477     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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