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A tree-ring width based drought reconstruction for southeastern China: links to Pacific Ocean climate variability
Description: The authors of this journal article present a drought reconstruction for southeastern China based on a tree-ring width chronology of Cryptomeria fortunei developed from two sampling sites in central Fujian. A reconstruction of July-February drought variability, spanning AD 1855-2011, was developed by calibrating total tree-ring width data with the self-calibrating Palmer drought severity index (scPDSI). The reconstruction was verified against an independent data set, and accounts for 36% of the actual scPDSI variance during the period 1955-2011. [Source: Boreas]
URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bor.12158/abstract
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Source: Boreas
Publish Date: 4/1/2016
Reading Level: Expert
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