Recent and multicentennial precipitation variability and drought occurrence in the Uinta Mountains region, Utah

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 549-555

  MacDonald, Glen M ^a   Tingstad, Abbie H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASHLEY RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SOUTH ISLAND; UINTA BASIN; UINTA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 36448968921     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-070)[MACDONALD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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