Tree-ring evidence for long-term precipitation changes in subtropical South America

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1463-1478

  Villalba, Ricardo ^a,c   Grau, Hector R ^b,d   Boninsegna, Jose A ^c   Jacoby, Gordon C ^a   Ripalta, Alberto ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SUBTROPICAL REGION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032534204     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19981115)18:13<1463::AID-JOC324>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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