Drought reconstructions for the continental United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1145-1163

  Cook, Edward R ^a   Meko, David M ^b   Stahle, David W ^c   Cleaveland, Malcolm K ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DROUGHT RECONSTRUCTIONS;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033117522     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1145:drftcu>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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