Correlation of wind records and proxy wind history from tree rings at Port Angeles, Washington with sodium concentration at summit, Greenland, and linkages with Gulf of Alaska sea level pressure forcing

Polar Geography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-290

  Hamilton, Wayne L ^a,b  

^a Centro de Investigacíon Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada ^*  (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ECCENTRICITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TREE RING; WIND FORCING; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GULF OF ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33750722171     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/789610143     Document Type: Article

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