Climate in the Monte Desert: Past trends, present conditions, and future projections

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-163

  Labraga, J C ^a   Villalba, R ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate scenarios in the Monte for the 21th century; Current climate condicitons; Extreme climatic events in the Monte; Past climate variations in the Monte; Spatial patterns of temperature and precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DESERT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 56949092894     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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