Multidecadal hydroclimatic variability in northeastern North America since 1550 AD

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 427-432

  Fortin, David ^a   Lamoureux, Scott F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMO; Arctic; Atlantic multidecadal oscillation; Boreal forest; Climate variability; Treerings; Varves

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOWPACK; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649231513     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0422-6     Document Type: Article

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