Reconstruction of southeast Tibetan Plateau summer climate using tree ring δ18O: Moisture variability over the past two centuries

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-213

  Shi, C ^a,b,f   Daux, V ^b   Zhang, Q B ^a   Risi, C ^c   Hou, S G ^d   Stievenard, M ^b   Pierre, M ^b   Li, Z ^e   Masson Delmotte, V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AALENIAN; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ICE CORE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84871880826     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-205-2012     Document Type: Article

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