Tree-ring recorded hydroclimatic change in Tienshan mountains during the past 500 years

Quaternary International

Volumn 358, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-41

  Chen, Feng ^a   Yuan, Yu jiang ^a   Wei, Wen shou ^a   Yu, Shu long ^a   Zhang, Tong wen ^a   Shang, Hua ming ^a   Zhang, Rui bo ^a   Qin, Li ^a   Fan, Zi ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

East Asian summer monsoon; PDSI reconstruction; Sea surface temperature; Tien Shan; Tree rings; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TIEN SHAN;

PICEA SCHRENKIANA;

EID: 84922786647     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.057     Document Type: Article

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