Reconstructed precipitation for the north-central China over the past 380 years and its linkages to East Asian summer monsoon variability

Quaternary International

Volumn 283, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-45

  Chen, Feng ^a,b   Yuan, Yu jiang ^a   Wei, Wen shou ^a   Fan, Zi ang ^a   Yu, Shu long ^a   Zhang, Tong wen ^a   Zhang, Rui bo ^a   Shang, Hua ming ^a   Qin, Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TREE RING;

CHINA; GANSU; TIANSHUI;

PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 84870907575     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.047     Document Type: Article

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