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A new monsoon circulation index defining precipitation variability in the East Asian summer monsoon northern marginal zone
The northernmost area influenced by the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is named the EASM northern marginal zone (ENMZ). The ENMZ is an important area lying in northern and northeastern China with scarce prec...
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Climate warming is significantly influenced by rising summer maximum temperatures: insights from tree-ring evidence of the Western Tianshan Mountains, China
As one of the regions most affected by global climate warming, the Tianshan mountains has experienced several ecological crises, including retreating glaciers and water deficits. Climate warming in these mount...
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Non-summer hydrothermal conditions controlling tree growth in north subtropical China are closely related to AMO and PDO
Phase transitions of the AMO and PDO promote shifts in non-summer hydrothermal conditions, which further affect tree growth in north subtropical China.
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Sensitive climate response of tree-ring δ18O to current warming in the Qinling Mountains along a climate boundary in China
In the context of global warming, the “divergence problem” phenomenon in the climate response of tree growth has been observed. Here, we use tree-ring stable oxygen isotopes (δ18O) to examine the response under c...
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Maximum July–August temperatures for the middle of the southern Tien Shan inferred from tree-ring latewood maximum densities
Long-term temperature reconstructions are urgently needed to prolong meteorological climatic data, which are too short to evaluate the anthropogenic effect on climate change since the Industrial Revolution. Th...
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Recent intensification of hydroclimatic change in the middle reaches of the Yangtz River Basin driven by PDO, ENSO and WPSH
How hydroclimate will change in the future has been of great interest with the increasing concern of global warming. Acquirement of ample high-resolution proxy-based reconstructions will aid to answer such que...
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Tree-ring-based drought variability in northern China over the past three centuries
Droughts are the most frequent natural disaster in regions at the margins of the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM), which pose threats to agriculture, the economy, and human lives. However, the limitations of o...
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Why Does Extreme Rainfall Occur in Central China during the Summer of 2020 after a Weak El Niño?
In summer 2020, extreme rainfall occurred throughout the Yangtze River basin, Huaihe River basin, and southern Yellow River basin, which are defined here as the central China (CC) region. However, only a weak ...
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Similarities and differences in driving factors of precipitation changes on the western Loess Plateau and the northeastern Tibetan Plateau at different timescales
Climate change constitutes the superposition of climatic variations at different timescales and is affected by driving factors at multiple scales. Therefore, clarifying the changes in and driving factors of th...
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Major advances in studies of the physical geography and living environment of China during the past 70 years and future prospects
The natural environment provides material essentials for human survival and development. The characteristics, processes, regional differentiation and forcing mechanisms of the elements of the natural environme...
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Seasonal Palmer drought severity index reconstruction using tree-ring widths from multiple sites over the central-western Da Hinggan Mountains, China since 1825 AD
Many evidences indicate that the drought in Northern China has progressively intensified, threatening people’s lives and properties. Drought has become one of the most severe environmental problems in Northern...
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Regional difference of the start time of the recent warming in Eastern China: prompted by a 165-year temperature record deduced from tree rings in the Dabie Mountains
Tree-ring studies from tropical to subtropical regions are rarer than that from extratropical regions, which greatly limit our understanding of some critical climate change issues. Based on the tree-ring-width...
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Tree-ring stable carbon isotope-based April–June relative humidity reconstruction since ad 1648 in Mt. Tianmu, China
Based on accurate dating, we have determined the stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) of five Cryptomeria fortunei specimens from Mt. Tianmu, a subtropical area in southern China. The five δ13C time series records...
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Interannual variability of PDSI from tree-ring widths for the past 278 years in Baotou, China
This paper provides the first interannual variability of PDSI series in Central Inner Mongolia, China.
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Open AccessRecent enhancement of central Pacific El Niño variability relative to last eight centuries
The far-reaching impacts of central Pacific El Niño events on global climate differ appreciably from those associated with eastern Pacific El Niño events. Central Pacific El Niño events may become more frequen...
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Two centuries temperature variations over subtropical southeast China inferred from Pinus taiwanensis Hayata tree-ring width
High-resolution long-term temperature reconstructions in subtropical southeast China (SSC) are very scarce, yet indispensable for the comprehensive understanding of climate change in China, even in East Asia. ...
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Tree-ring-width-based PDSI reconstruction for central Inner Mongolia, China over the past 333 years
A tree-ring-width chronology was developed from Pinus tabulaeformis aged up to 333 years from central Inner Mongolia, China. The chronology was significantly correlated with the local Palmer Drought Severity Inde...
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Recent warming evidence inferred from a tree-ring-based winter-half year minimum temperature reconstruction in northwestern Yichang, South Central China, and its relation to the large-scale circulation anomalies
High-resolution winter temperature reconstructions in China are rare, yet vital for the comprehensive understanding of past climate change. In the present work, the first winter-half year minimum mean temperat...
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Climatic response of Chinese pine and PDSI variability in the middle Taihang Mountains, north China since 1873
We reconstructed the first Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) in the Taihang Mountains, north China from 1873 to 2008, based on ring width of the Chinese Pine (Pinus tabulaeformis Carr). The reconstruction can ...
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Open AccessTree-ring-based annual precipitation reconstruction in Kalaqin, Inner Mongolia for the last 238 years
A tree-ring-width chronology of Pinus tabulaeformis from Kalaqin, Inner Mongolia was developed using modern dendrochronological techniques. Based on the results of correlation function analysis, the total precipi...
