400-year May-August precipitation reconstruction for Southern England using oxygen isotopes in tree rings

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-25

  Rinne, K T ^a,c   Loader, N J ^b   Switsur, V R ^c   Waterhouse, J S ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Oak; Oxygen; Precipitation; Stable isotopes; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATE PROXIES; CLIMATE SIGNALS; DRY CONDITION; ENGLAND; FIRST YEAR; HIGH RESOLUTION; INSTRUMENTAL DATA; INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; INSTRUMENTAL PRECIPITATION; OAK; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; PEDUNCULATE OAK; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION; PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY; QUERCUS ROBUR; RAIN-OUT; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; TREE RING CELLULOSE; TREE RINGS;

CELLULOSE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTS; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ISOTOPES;

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELING; DECIDUOUS TREE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDICTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

CELLULOSE; FORESTRY; INSTRUMENTS; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION; QUERCUS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84869876784     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.048     Document Type: Article

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