Reconstruction of the precipitation in the Canary Islands for the period 1595-1836

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1037-1039

  Garcia, Ricardo ^a   Macias, Antonio ^b   Gallego, David ^a   Hernández, Emiliano ^a   Gimeno, Luis ^c   Ribera, Pedro ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); LAND USE;

CANARY ISLANDS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; FARMING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION PROXY;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 0042913249     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-8-1037     Document Type: Article

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