An 1800-yr record of decadal-scale hydroclimatic variability in the upper Arkansas River basin from bristlecone pine

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-490

  Woodhouse, Connie A ^a   Pederson, Gregory T ^a,b   Gray, Stephen T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bristlecone pine; Central Colorado; Dendrochronology; Drought; Paleoclimatology

Indexed keywords

BRISTLECONE PINE; CENTRAL COLORADO; COLORADO RIVER BASIN; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABILITY; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PINE TREES; RING-WIDTH; RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW; ROBUST CHARACTERISTIC; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAMPLE SIZES; SENSITIVITY INDICES;

CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RIVERS; TIME SERIES; WATERSHEDS;

DROUGHT;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE;

COLORADO; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PINUS ARISTATA; RIVERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER SHEDS;

ARKANSAS BASIN; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

PINUS ARISTATA;

EID: 79955466950     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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