LIU Pu-xing1,2, GOU Xiao-hua1, ZHANG Qi-bin3, CHEN Fa-hu 1
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1. Center f or Arid Environment and Paleoclimate Research and Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environment System, MOE, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Gansu 730000, China; 2. College of Geography and Environment, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou Gansu 730070, China; 3. Institute of Botany, China Academy of Science, Beijing 100093, China
A rich content and system of knowledge, mature research methods in dendrohydrology provide accurate methods for studying long-term hydrologic variability at regional scale. It is valuable in reconstructing hydrology based on tree ring to discern patterns of past long-term nature hydrologic variability and to valid plan and administer water resources. People in the course of hydrology-climate change researches have paid more and more attention to dendrohydrology. In the past several decades, considerable progress has been made in dendrohydrological studies in the world. It turns into another main applied subject following dendroclimatology. Based on scientific understanding to its concept and connotation, the methodology of hydrologic reconstruction with tree ring is introduced. The paper reviews the content and advances from four aspects: streamflow reconstruction, reconstruction of dry and flood, reconstruction precipitation and other reconstructions such as water level of lakes and bogs and so on. The development trend in this field is also briefly summarized.
LIU Pu-xing, GOU Xiao-hua, ZHANG Qi-bin, CHEN Fa-hu .
Advances in Dendrohydrology around the World[J]. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 2004, 26(6): 720-728 https://doi.org/10.7522/j.issn.1000-0240.2004.0114
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