On the basis of a significant correlation between the tree-ring width series from Changling-Shoulu (CLSL) in north-central China and observed instrumental data, the annual total precipitation of the previous July to the current June was reconstructed since 1853 for the studied region, with the...

Based on the tree-ring width chronology of Sabina przewalskii Kom., a 450-year Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) series was reconstructed in the middle Qilian Mountains, northeast Tibetan Plateau. During the calibration period of 1957-2004, the predictor variable accounts for 47% of the variance ...

In this study, we present the results of a dendroclimatological investigation of three coniferous tree species, Larix principis-rupprechtii, Picea meyeri and Pinus tabulaeformis, growing along an altitudinal gradient at the Lüliang Mountains in Northern China. Totally five tree-ring width...

This special issue contains nine papers on tree ring science presented during the 2011 Meeting ADA. The papers cover the following topics: growth response of trees to climate factors; growth ring dating of wood boxes; drought reconstruction from tree rings; inferring annual precipitation...

Tree-ring densitometric studies conducted in semi-arid regions are exceedingly rare. In this study, we evaluate a new maximum latewood density chronology from a collection of Picea purpurea trees growing in semi-arid northwestern China for climatic reconstruction purposes. We find statistically...

Based on the combination of two dendrochronologies, the annual mean temperature from May to June for the last 160 years was reconstructed in Weichang region, China, with the predictor variables accounting 43.3% of the variance during the calibration period of 1956-2012. Warm periods with...

Since the 1950s, divergence problems have reduced the temporal stability of tree rings in response to climate, shaken the foundations of dendroclimatology, and affected the reliability of reconstructed models based on tree rings and the accuracy of historical climate series. Therefore, it is of...

In comparison to trees that grow in arid areas, those growing in humid areas usually have ambiguous climatic information recorded in their ring widths. In this study, ring width samples of Abies chensiensis, collected from the headwaters of the Jialing River in the mid-Qinling Mountains, were used...

Tree-ring chronologies of Pinus tabulaeformis from three sampling sites in southeastern Gansu Province in China and growth-related parameters calculated from daily average temperatures were utilized to explore the response features of tree radial growth to onset and cessation date, duration and...

The summer North Atlantic Oscillation (SNAO), derived from the first EOF of mean sea level pressure over the extratropical North Atlantic in July and August, has a close association with climate variability over the North Atlantic region, and beyond, on both short and long time scales. Recent...