Trends and periodicities in the Canadian Drought Code and their relationships with atmospheric circulation for the southern Canadian boreal forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-119

  Girardin, Martin Philippe ^a,d   Tardif, Jacques ^a   Flannigan, Mike D ^b   Wotton, B Mike ^b   Bergeron, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; MARINE BIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DROUGHT SEVERITY;

FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOREAL FOREST; DROUGHT; FOREST DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842785444     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-195     Document Type: Article

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