Tree ring based precipitation reconstruction in the south slope of the middle Qilian Mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, over the last millennium

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Sun, Junyan ^a   Liu, Yu ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

15TH CENTURY; DRY PERIODS; DUST CONTENT; ICE CORE; INSTRUMENTAL PRECIPITATION; MOISTURE VARIATION; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPATIAL EXTENT; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING WIDTH;

DROUGHT;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; DUST; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TREE RING;

CHINA; QILIAN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 84860267026     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD017290     Document Type: Article

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