Tree-ring δ18O evidence for the drought history of eastern Tianshan Mountains, northwest China since 1700 AD

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3336-3347

  Xu, Guobao ^a,b   Liu, Xiaohong ^a   Qin, Dahe ^a   Chen, Tuo ^a   Wang, Wenzhi ^a,b   Wu, Guoju ^a,b   Sun, Weizhen ^a   An, Wenling ^a,b   Zeng, Xiaomin ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Drought reconstruction; ENSO; NAO; Northwestern China; Self calibrating PDSI; Tree ring 18O

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; LANDFORMS;

COMPREHENSIVE EFFECT; ENSO; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; ROBUST RECONSTRUCTION; SELF-CALIBRATING; SELF-CALIBRATING PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY;

CHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TREE RING;

TIEN SHAN;

EID: 84908507301     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3911     Document Type: Article

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