Climatic response of Picea crassifolia tree-ring parameters and precipitation reconstruction in the western Qilian Mountains, China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1121-1128

  Chen, F ^a   Yuan, Y ^a   Wei, W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic response; Drought events; Jiuquan; Picea crassifolia; Precipitation reconstruction; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; MOISTURE FLUX; PALEOBOTANY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

CHINA; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 79960995064     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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