The winter of 1827-1828 over eastern North America: A season of extraordinary climatic anomalies, societal impacts, and false spring

Climatic Change

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 87-115

  Mock, Cary J ^a   Mojzisek, Jan ^b   McWaters, Michele ^a   Chenoweth, Michael ^c   Stahle, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c University of Arkansas ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOODS; FROST EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATIC IMPACTS; RIVER TRAFFIC; WINTER VEGETATION GROWTH;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOCIAL IMPACT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER; WINTER;

ALASKA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247512522     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-006-9126-2     Document Type: Article

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