A 396-year reconstruction of precipitation in southern Jordan

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Touchan, Ramzi ^a   Meko, David ^a   Hughes, Malcolm K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Desertification; Drought; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PROBABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

DENDOCHRONOLOGY; DESERTIFICATION; TREE RINGS;

WATER RESOURCES;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; HISTORICAL RECORD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; WATER RELATIONS;

JORDAN;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA;

EID: 0033081437     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb05451.x     Document Type: Article

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