Tree-ring reconstruction of groundwater levels in Alberta, Canada: Long term hydroclimatic variability

Dendrochronologia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-47

  Perez Valdivia, Cesar ^a   Sauchyn, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrohydrology; Groundwater levels; Oscillation modes; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CORRELATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING; WATER LEVEL; WATER SUPPLY; WELL WATER;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 78650299162     PISSN: 11257865     EISSN: 16120051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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