Decadal periodicities of Nile River historical discharge (A.D. 622-1470) and climatic implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3193-3196

  De Putter, Thierry ^a   Loutre, Marie France ^b   Wansard, Guy ^b  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; HISTORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FLOOD LEVELS; CAIRO , EGYPT; LOW-FREQUENCY; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; METHOD ANALYSIS; NILE RIVERS; SPECTRAL PEAK; SUB-INTERVAL; TIME STABILITY;

FLOODS;

DISCHARGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIODICITY;

EGYPT;

EID: 0032529820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02250     Document Type: Article

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