Early 21st-century drought in Mexico

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Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 89-90

  Stahle, D W ^a   Cook, E R ^b   Diaz, J Villanueva ^c   Fye, F K ^d   Burnette, D J ^d   Griffin, R D ^e   Soto, R Acua ^f   Seager, R ^g   Helm Jr , R R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d UARK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g National Climatic Data Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67449131992     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009EO110001     Document Type: Article

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