PDSI variations at Kongtong Mountain, China, inferred from a 283-year Pinus tabulaeformis ring width chronology

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Song, Huiming ^a,b   Liu, Yu ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORESTRY;

CALIBRATION MODEL; CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOKKAIDO; LOESS PLATEAU; LOW FREQUENCY; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; MOVING AVERAGES; NORTHERN CHINA; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PINUS TABULAEFORMIS; RING WIDTH; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES;

LANDFORMS;

CALIBRATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROECOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GANSU; KONGTONG MOUNTAIN;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 81755168282     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016220     Document Type: Article

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