Tree ring density-based summer temperature reconstruction for Zajsan Lake area, East Kazakhstan

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1089-1097

  Chen, Feng ^a   Yuan, Yujiang ^a   Wei, Wenshou ^a   Wang, Lily ^b   Yu, Shulong ^a   Zhang, Ruibo ^a   Fan, Ziang ^a   Shang, Huaming ^a   Zhang, Tongwen ^a   Li, Yang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

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

Author keywords

Mean latewood density; Natural forces; Siberian larch; Spatial correlation; Temperature reconstruction; Zajsan Lake

Indexed keywords

LATEWOOD DENSITY; NATURAL FORCES; SIBERIAN LARCH; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION;

LAKES; SOLAR ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TREE RING;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; KAZAKHSTAN;

LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA;

EID: 84861989156     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2327     Document Type: Article

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