Bivariate drought recurrence analysis using tree ring reconstructions

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 247-258

  González, Javier ^a   Valdés, Juan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Droughts; Frequency analysis; Probability distribution functions

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; RISKS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY;

HYDROLOGY;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PALEOCLIMATE; RETURN PERIOD;

EID: 18144448895     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2003)8:5(247)     Document Type: Article

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