Temperature and precipitation in Mongolia based on dendroclimatic investigations

Recent tree-ring studies in Mongolia provide evidence of unusual warming th at is in agreement with large-scale reconstructed and recorded temperatures for the Northern Hemisphere and the Arctic. The Mongolian proxy record for temperature extends back over 450 years and is an important addition to th e global tree-ring database. Precipitation reconstructions based on tree ri ngs reflect recent increases but show that the increases,are within the lon g-term range of variations. There is evidence for quasi-solar periodicity i n long-term reconstructed precipitation variation, also shown by previous s tudies. Mongolia has excellent sampling resources for future studies.