A dendroclimatic analysis of regional moisture variation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the past 150 years

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 455-463

  Zhang, Yong ^a   Shao, Xuemei ^a   Yin, Zhi Yong ^b   Tian, Qinhua ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Drought; Principal component analysis; The northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CLIMATIC VARIATION; FIRST PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; SPATIAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TREE RINGS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; DROUGHT; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; RINGS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIBET;

EID: 84875050751     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0833-1     Document Type: Article

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