Summer mean temperature variation from 1710-2005 inferred from tree-ring data of the Baimang Snow Mountains, northwestern Yunnan, China

Climate Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-218

  Li, ZongShan ^a,b   Shi, Chun Ming ^a,c   Liu, Yongbo ^a   Zhang, Jinlong ^a   Zhang, Qibing ^a   Ma, Keping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Climate reconstruction; Northwestern yunnan; Summer temperature; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FACTORS; CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; COOL CLIMATES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH ELEVATION; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NORTHWESTERN YUNNAN; RADIAL GROWTH; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SUMMER SEASON; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE VARIABLES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TREE GROWTH; TREE RING DATA; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; WARM CLIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SNOW; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREE RING;

BAIMA SNOW MOUNTAIN; CHINA; YUNNAN;

ABIES; ABIES GEORGEI;

EID: 84863272017     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01012     Document Type: Article

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