The 18.6-year period moon-tidal cycle in Pacific Decadal Oscillation reconstructed from tree-rings in western North America

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Yasuda, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN LOW; CLIMATE PREDICTABILITY; DIURNAL TIDES; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TREE RINGS;

ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE PREDICTION; LUNAR CYCLE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; RECONSTRUCTION; TIDAL CYCLE; TIME SERIES; TREE RING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 65649134318     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036880     Document Type: Article

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