Supported by the Chinese COPES project (Grant No. GYHY200706005);National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB421404);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40890052 and 40890053)
Using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction–National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP–NCAR) reanalysis dataset, the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center’s merged analysis of precipitation, and the MM5...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Great Nos. 90502001, 90711003, 40890053 and40805036);the National Basic Research Program of China (GYHY20070605 and 2006CB400504)
The dry-wet variability in western China and its spatiotemporal structure during the last 4-5 centuries was examined using 24 climate proxies from sediments, ice cores, historical documents, and tree rings. Spatial pa...