Climate patterns in north central China during the last 1800 yr and their possible driving force

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 685-692

  Tan, L ^a   Cai, Y ^a,b   An, Z ^a   Yi, L ^c   Zhang, H ^a   Qin, S ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; HISTORICAL RECORD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECISION; RECONSTRUCTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; STALAGMITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA;

EID: 79960860682     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-685-2011     Document Type: Review

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