Tree-ring based may-july temperature reconstruction since AD 1630 on the Western Loess Plateau, China.

Tree-ring samples from Chinese Pine (Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.) collected at Mt. Shimen on the western Loess Plateau, China, were used to reconstruct the mean May-July temperature during AD 1630-2011. The regression model explained 48% of the adjusted variance in the instrumentally observed mean May...

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Main Authors: Huiming Song, Yu Liu, Qiang Li, Na Gao, Yongyong Ma, Yanhua Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3972095?pdf=render