The climate of the US Southwest

Climate Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-238

  Sheppard, Paul R ^a   Comrie, Andrew C ^a   Packin, Gregory D ^a   Angersbach, Kurt ^a   Hughes, Malcolm K ^a  

^a Laboratory of Tree Ring Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendrochronology; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Monsoon; Palmer drought Severity Index (PDSI); Southwest; Summer temperature; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

(SOUTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036053246     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr021219     Document Type: Article

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