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Singh, J. and Yadav, R.R. (2005). Spring precipitation variations over the western Himalaya, India, since A.D. 1731 as deduced from tree rings. Journal of Geophysical Research 110: doi: 10.1029/2004JD004855. issn: 0148-0227. |
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Spring precipitation, representative of regional-scale features, was reconstructed since A.D. 1731 using 15 site ring width chronologies of Himalayan cedar (Cedrus deodara (Roxb. ex Lambert) G. Don), prepared from distantly located moisture-stressed sites in the western Himalayan region. This is so far the strongest tree-ring-based precipitation reconstruction in terms of variance explained in the calibration model (A.D. 1897--1986) from the western Himalayan region. The twentieth century experienced the driest and wettest years in the whole reconstructed series. The 10- and 20-year means also indicate extreme precipitation periods in the twentieth century. The increasing precipitation trend noticed in the reconstructed data of the late twentieth century closely matches with instrumental data. |
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Keywords
Global Change, Atmosphere (0315, 0325), Global Change, Climate dynamics (0429, 3309), Global Change, Water cycles, western Himalaya, tree rings, spring precipitation |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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