Increasing aridity over the past 223 years in the Nepal Himalaya inferred from a tree-ring δ18O chronology

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 809-817

  Sano, Masaki ^a,b,c   Ramesh, R ^b   Sheshshayee, MS ^b   Sukumar, R ^c  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

climate reconstruction; dendrochronology; Nepal; oxygen isotope ratios; Palmer Drought Severity Index; summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; TREE RING;

HIMALAYAS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); NEPAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

ABIES; ABIES SPECTABILIS;

EID: 84861759582     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611430338     Document Type: Article

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