Precipitation variations and possible forcing factors on the Northeastern Tibetan Plateau during the last millennium

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 508-512

  Gou, Xiaohua ^a   Deng, Yang ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a   Yang, Meixue ^b   Gao, Linlin ^a   Nesje, Atle ^c,d   Fang, Keyan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Last millennium; Northeastern Tibetan Plateau; Possible forcing factors; Precipitation variations; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LAST MILLENNIUMS; NORTHEASTERN TIBETAN PLATEAUX; POSSIBLE FORCING FACTORS; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; TREE RINGS;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; IRRADIANCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84901842884     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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