A 300-year Vietnam hydroclimate and ENSO variability record reconstructed from tree ring δ18O

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Sano, Masaki ^a   Xu, Chenxi ^a   Nakatsuka, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CYPRESS TREES; ENSO INDICES; HYDROCLIMATIC; MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PROXY RECORDS; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; ROBUST RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPATIAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; SUMMER MONSOON; TREE RINGS; VIET NAM;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

LAOS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); VIET NAM;

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 84863599058     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017749     Document Type: Article

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