Reconstruction of the rainy season precipitation in central Jordan

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 189-198

  Tarawneh, Zeyad ^a   Hadadin, Nidal ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Central Jordan; Precipitation; Proxy data; Regional drought; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL JORDAN; PRECIPITATION; PROXY DATA; REGIONAL DROUGHT; TREE RINGS;

FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION;

DROUGHT;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE RING; TREND ANALYSIS;

DATA; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; MODELS; PRECIPITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; RINGS; TREES;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; KARAK; MADABA; MIDDLE EAST; RABBA;

EID: 65649099385     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.1.189     Document Type: Article

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