Tree-ring δ 18O in southwestern China linked to variations in regional cloud cover and tropical sea surface temperature

Chemical Geology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-115

  Liu, Xiaohong ^a   An, Wenling ^a   Treydte, Kerstin ^b   Shao, Xuemei ^c   Leavitt, Steven ^d   Hou, Shugui ^a   Chen, Tuo ^a   Sun, Weizhen ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies forrestii; Asian monsoon; ENSO; Latewood; Oxygen isotopes; Southwestern China

Indexed keywords

ABIES FORRESTII; ASIAN MONSOON; ENSO; LATEWOOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; SOUTHWESTERN CHINA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; ISOTOPES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE PROPERTIES;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

ABIES FORRESTII; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; CHINA; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION; SUMMER WOOD; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHINA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

ABIES;

EID: 84855429928     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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