Climate warming and 21st-century drought in southwestern North America

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Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 82-

  MacDonald, Glen M ^a   Stahle, David W ^b   Villanueva Diaz, Jose ^c   Beer, Nicholas ^d   Busby, Simon J ^e   Cerano Paredes, Julian ^c   Cole, Julie E ^f   Cook, Edward R ^g   End Field, Georgina ^h   Gutierrez Garcia, Genaro ^f   Hall, Beth ⁱ   Magana, Victor ^j   Meko, David M ^f   Méndez Pérez, Matias ^j   Sauchyn, David J ^k   Watson, Emma ^l   Woodhouse, Connie A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^g Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^k UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^l ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 41849110932     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008EO090003     Document Type: Article

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