Multi-century variability in the Pacific North American circulation pattern reconstructed from tree rings

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 953-963

  Trouet, Valerie ^a   Taylor, Alan H ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Pacific North American; PDO; PNA; Reconstruction; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TREE RING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77958150566     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0605-9     Document Type: Article

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