A tree-ring based drought reconstruction (AD 1760-2010) for the Loess Plateau and its possible driving mechanisms

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-88

  Chen, Feng ^a   Yuan, Yujiang ^a   Zhang, Ruibo ^a   Qin, Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; Dendrochronology; Loess Plateau; PDSI

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CORRELATION METHODS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LOESS PLATEAU; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PDSI; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIAL CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRIVING MECHANISM; TREE RINGS;

DROUGHT;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT STRESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CORRELATION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PLANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHINA; GANSU; HUANGLONG NATURE RESERVE; KONGTONG MOUNTAIN; LIUPAN MOUNTAINS; LOESS PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 84906732723     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.008     Document Type: Article

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