Tree ring evidence of a 20th century precipitation surge in the monsoon shadow zone of the western Himalaya, India

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Yadav, Ram R ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN;

15TH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; CASPIAN SEA; HIMALAYAS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION; SHADOW ZONE; SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TREE RING DATA; TREE RINGS; WET CONDITIONS;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CASPIAN SEA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

CEDRUS DEODARA;

EID: 79251636530     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014647     Document Type: Article

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