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Research advances in dendrochronology.

FANG Ke-yan1, CHEN Qiu-yan2, LIU Chang-zhi2, CAO Chun-fu1, CHEN Ya-jun1, ZHOU Fei-fei1   

  1. (1Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Ecogeographical Process/College of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China; 2Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems/Institute of Arid Environment & Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China)
  • Online:2014-07-18 Published:2014-07-18

Abstract: Tree-ring studies in China have achieved great advances since the 1990s, particularly for the dendroclimatological studies which have made some influence around the world. However, because of the uneven development, limited attention has been currently paid on the other branches of dendrochronology. We herein briefly compared the advances of dendrochronology in China and of the world and presented suggestions on future dendrochronological studies. Largescale tree-ring based climate reconstructions in China are highly needed by employing mathematical methods and a high quality tree-ring network of the ring-width, density, stable isotope and wood anatomy. Tree-ring based field climate reconstructions provide potentials on explorations of climate forcings during the reconstructed periods via climate diagnosis and process simulation.