Precipitation reconstruction for Northwestern Tunisia from tree rings

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1887-1896

  Touchan, R ^a   Meko, D M ^a   Aloui, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Sylvo Pastoral Institute of Tabarka   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Drought; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 48749091808     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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