Aridity changes in the Temperate-Mediterranean transition of the Andes since AD 1346 reconstructed from tree-rings

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1505-1521

  Christie, Duncan A ^a   Boninsegna, J A ^b   Cleaveland, Malcolm K ^c   Lara, Antonio ^a   Le Quesne, Carlos ^a   Morales, Mariano S ^b   Mudelsee, Manfred ^d,e   Stahle, David W ^c   Villalba, Ricardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d Climate Risk Analysis   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

AAO; Austrocedrus chilensis; Climate change; Climatic transition; Palmer Drought Severity Index; South central Andes; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ARIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; PLANT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STORM TRACK; TREE RING;

ANDES;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 79953669792     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0723-4     Document Type: Article

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