Paleoclimatic analogs to twentieth-century moisture regimes across the United States

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 901-909+872

  Fye, Falko K ^a   Stahle, David W ^b   Cook, Edward R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PALEOCLIMATIC STUDY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0041525354     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-7-901     Document Type: Article

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