A regional high-frequency reconstruction of May-June precipitation in the north Aegean from oak tree rings, A.D. 1089-1989

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1075-1089

  Griggs, Carol ^a   DeGaetano, Arthur ^b   Kuniholm, Peter ^a   Newton, Maryanne ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; May June precipitation reconstruction; NE Greece; North Aegean; NW Turkey; Oak tree ring chronology; Quercus spp.; Regional dendroclimatology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION RECONSTRUCTION;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DATA SET; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

DENDROLOGY; GROWTH RINGS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; QUERCUS; TEMPERATURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

QUERCUS;

EID: 34347265185     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1459     Document Type: Article

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