noaa-tree-22403 Kharal - Lete Upper - ABSB - ITRDB NEPA050 Kharal, D.K.; Meilby, H.; Rayamajhi, S.; Bhuju, D.R.; Thapa, U.K. Kharal - Lete Upper - ABSB - ITRDB NEPA050 2017-07-11 NCDC-Paleoclimatology ONLINE Files 10.25921/r074-hk29 https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/study/22403 Investigator D.K. Kharal Investigator H. Meilby Investigator S. Rayamajhi Investigator D.R. 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units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 earth science paleoclimate tree ring total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: ABSB226B; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 earth science paleoclimate tree ring total ring width,null,null,millimeter,null,tree ring,null,null,N,Tree ID: ABSB233A; units are 0.01 mm if end-of-series marker is 999 and 0.001 mm if end-of-series marker is -9999 earth science paleoclimate tree-ring width geoscientificInformation ABSB Abies spectabilis (D. Don) Spach silver fir East Himalayan fir 1857 AD 2012 AD 93 cal yr BP -62 cal yr BP Complete 28.61 28.61 83.61 83.61 3300 3300 Continent Asia Southcentral Asia Nepal Lete Upper>LATITUDE 28.61>LONGITUDE 83.61 None Please cite original publication, online resource, dataset and publication DOIs (where available), and date accessed when using downloaded data. If there is no publication information, please cite investigator, title, online resource, and date accessed. The appearance of external links associated with a dataset does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of external Web sites or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site. 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Boulder CO 80305-3328 USA online ASCII D. K. Kharal, H. Meilby, S. Rayamajhi, D. Bhuju, U. K. Thapa 2014 Banko Janakari 24 1 3-13 10.3126/banko.v24i1.13473 http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/BANKO/article/view/13473 U.K. Thapa, S. St. George, D.K. Kharal, N.P. Gaire 2017 Progress in Physical Geography 10.1177/0309133317714247 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0309133317714247

In mountainous areas including the Himalayas, tree lines are expected to advance to higher altitudes due to global climate change affecting the distribution and growth of plant species. This study aimed at identifying the tree ring variability of Abies spectabilis (D. Don) and its response to the climate along an elevation gradient in the high Himalayas of central Nepal. Tree core samples were collected from four sites in Mustang district. All sites were located in the same valley and exposed to similar weather conditions. Out of 232 samples collected from the sites, Titi lower (2700 m), Titi upper (2900 m), Pangukhark (3100 m) and Lete upper (3300 m), 44, 40, 39 and 41 series were successfully cross-dated and ring-width chronologies including 168, 79, 138 and 156 years previous to 2012 were developed, respectively. Statistically significant differences in average annual radial growth were noted among the four sites with the highest radial growth observed at mid-elevation sites. Chronological statistics based on residual chronologies for the common period revealed that A. spectabilis at the upper elevation site was more climate sensitive than at the other three sites. At the highest-elevation sites the correlation between pre-monsoon precipitation and tree growth was positive, and for the month of May this was statistically significant (p<0.05). Moreover, spring temperature (March-June) was negatively correlated with precipitation and with tree growth at all sites, and at the upper elevation site (3300 m) the correlation was significant for March, April and May. STUDY NOTES: NOAA Template Raw Measurements file added 2019-04-08.

GET DATA https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/asia/nepa050.rwl GET DATA https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/correlation-stats/nepa050.txt GET DATA https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/treering/measurements/asia/nepa050-noaa.rwl Raw Measurements - NOAA Template File; nepa050-noaa.rwl USA/NOAA DIF Version 9.8.4 2019-04-24 2019-04-24