A 545-Year Drought Reconstruction for Central Oregon

Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 302-320

  Pohl, Kelly A ^a   Hadley, Keith S ^a   Arabas, Karen B ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Drought; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Pacific Decadal Oscillation; Pacific Northwest

Indexed keywords

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0141638686     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.23.4.302     Document Type: Article

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