Long-term hydroclimatic variability in monsoon shadow zone of western Himalaya, India

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1453-1462

  Yadav, Ram R ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Cedrus deodara; India; Precipitation; Tree rings; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONSOON; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

CEDRUS DEODARA;

EID: 79953664530     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0800-8     Document Type: Article

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