Tree-ring based reconstruction of drought variability (1615-2009) in the Kongtong Mountain area, northern China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 80-81, Issue , 2012, Pages 190-197

  Fang, Keyan ^a   Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Liu, Changzhi ^a   Davi, Nicole ^b   Li, Jinbao ^c   Zhao, Zhiqian ^a   Li, Yingjun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Drought; Northern China; Signal free standardization; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOON; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CLIMATE RECORD; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DRY AND WET; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MONGOLIA; NORTHERN CHINA; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; RING-WIDTH; TREE GROWTH; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; WET CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DROUGHT; LANDFORMS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; GROWTH RATE; MONSOON; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STANDARDIZATION; TREE RING; WARMING;

CHINA; CLIMATES; DROUGHT; GROWTH RINGS; MOUNTAINS; PINUS ARMANDII; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; STANDARDS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHINA; GANSU; KONGTONG MOUNTAIN;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 81355149376     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.10.009     Document Type: Article

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