Growing-season moisture variability in the eastern USA during the last 800 years

Climate Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-17

  Quiring, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; North Carolina; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Palmer Hydrological Drought Index; Tree rings; Virginia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; GROWING SEASON; PALEOCLIMATE; TREE RING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544252942     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr027009     Document Type: Article

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