Tree-ring-based annual precipitation reconstruction for the Hexi Corridor, NW China: Consequences for climate history on and beyond the mid-latitude Asian continent

Boreas

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1008-1021

  Chen, Feng ^a,b   Yuan, Yujiang ^a   Wei, Wenshou ^a   Zhang, Ruibo ^a   Yu, Shulong ^a   Shang, Huaming ^a   Zhang, Tongwen ^a   Qin, Li ^a   Wang, Huiqing ^a   Chen, Fahu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

PICEA; PICEA CRASSIFOLIA;

EID: 84884716093     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bor.12017     Document Type: Article

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