May-September precipitation in the Bhutan Himalaya since 1743 as reconstructed from tree ring cellulose δ18O

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8399-8410

  Sano, Masaki ^a   Tshering, Phuntsho ^a,b   Komori, Jiro ^a,b   Fujita, Koji ^a   Xu, Chenxi ^a   Nakatsuka, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mines Royal Government of Bhutan   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Bhutan; ENSO; Isotope dendroclimatology; Larch; Monsoon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BHUTAN; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; ENSO; LARCH; MONSOON;

DATA REDUCTION;

CELLULOSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BHUTAN; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

JUNIPERUS INDICA; LARIX; LARIX GRIFFITHIANA; PICEA SPINULOSA;

EID: 84884163187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50664     Document Type: Article

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