A new assessment of possible solar and lunar forcing of the bidecadal drought rhythm in the western United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1343-1356

  Cook, Edward R ^a   Meko, David M ^b   Stockton, Charles W ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0000297760     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1343:ANAOPS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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