Climatic hazards, such as severe droughts and floods, affect extensive areas across
monsoon Asia and can have profound impacts on the populations of that region. The area
surrounding Indonesia, including large portions of the eastern Indian Ocean and Java Sea,
plays a key role in the global climate system because of the enormous heat and moisture
exchange that occurs between the ocean and atmosphere there. Here, we evaluate the
influence of rainfall variability on multiple tree-ring parameters of teak (Tectona grandis) …

The tropical Indonesian region plays a key role in the global climate system because of the
enormous heat and moisture exchange between ocean and atmosphere in that area. Here,
we evaluate the influence of rainfall variability on multiple tree-ring parameters of Teak
(Tectona grandis) trees growing in a lowland rain forest in Central Java (Indonesia). Three,
annually resolved, chronologies of tree-ring width, stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O)
isotopes were developed for the twentieth century (1900-2007). Climate response analysis …