caa a22 4500 467918481 CHVBK 20180406152909.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10584-006-9082-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10584-006-9082-x The 1920S Drought Recorded by Tree Rings and Historical Documents in the Semi-Arid and Arid Areas of Northern China [Elektronische Daten] [Eryuan Liang, Xiaohong Liu, Yujiang Yuan, Ningsheng Qin, Xiuqi Fang, Lei Huang, Haifeng Zhu, Lily Wang, Xuemei Shao] Using a network of tree-ring data, we show that there had been significant growth decline in the 1920s and early 1930s throughout a wide area of northern China. This growth depression is indicative of a severe and sustained drought in the 1920s and early 1930s, which was then confirmed with a variety of historical and instrumental records including hydrological, meteorological, and documentary evidence. The 1920s drought had a devastating effect not only on agricultural productivity, hydrological resources and society in the affected areas, but also on natural vegetation, as inferred from the tree-ring network and historical records. This research offers a picture of the drought calamity during the 1920s and early 1930s in northern China, and demonstrates the potential to identify spatial anomalies of large-scale drought using tree-ring networks in the semi-arid and arid areas of northern China. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Liang Eryuan Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut Liu Xiaohong Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut Yuan Yujiang Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, 830002, Urumqi, P. R. China aut Qin Ningsheng Climate Date Center of Qinghai, 810001, Xining, P. R. China aut Fang Xiuqi Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, P. R. China aut Huang Lei Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut Zhu Haifeng Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, P. R. China aut Wang Lily Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut Shao Xuemei Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut Climatic Change Kluwer Academic Publishers 79/3-4(2006-12-01), 403-432 0165-0009 79:3-4<403 2006 79 10584 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-9082-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-006-9082-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liang Eryuan Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Xiaohong Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yuan Yujiang Institute of Desert Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, 830002, Urumqi, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Qin Ningsheng Climate Date Center of Qinghai, 810001, Xining, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fang Xiuqi Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang Lei Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhu Haifeng Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Lily Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shao Xuemei Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, P. R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Climatic Change Kluwer Academic Publishers 79/3-4(2006-12-01), 403-432 0165-0009 79:3-4<403 2006 79 10584 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer