Annual precipitation in the Yellowstone National Park region since AD 1173

Quaternary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Gray, Stephen T ^a   Graumlich, Lisa J ^b   Betancourt, Julio L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decadal to multidecadal variability; Drought; Greater Yellowstone Region; Paleoclimate; Rocky Mountains; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

PINUS FLEXILIS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 34250679837     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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