Tree growth-climate relationships of conifer trees and reconstruction of summer season Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) at Pahalgam in Srinagar, India

Quaternary International

Volumn 254, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-158

  Ram, Somaru ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; TREE RING;

INDIA; JAMMU AND KASHMIR; SRINAGAR [JAMMU AND KASHMIR];

ABIES; ABIES PINDROW; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA SMITHIANA;

EID: 84857365947     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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