Dendroclimatic reconstruction of autumn-winter mean minimum temperature in the eastern Tibetan Plateau since 1600 AD

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-7

  Zhang, Rui bo ^a,b   Yuan, Yu jiang ^a   Wei, Wen shou ^a   Gou, Xiao hua ^b   Yu, Shu long ^a   Shang, Hua ming ^a   Chen, Feng ^a,b   Zhang, Tong wen ^a   Qin, Li ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mean minimum temperature; Qamdo region; Tibetan Plateau; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE RING;

CHINA; QAMDO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

PICEA; PICEA LIKIANGENSIS VAR. BALFOURIANA;

EID: 84922641651     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2014.09.001     Document Type: Article

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