How useful could Arabic documentary sources be for reconstructing past climate?

Weather

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 76-82

  Domínguez Castro, Fernando ^a   Vaquero, José Manuel ^a,b   Marín, Manuela ^c   Gallego, María Cruz ^a   García Herrera, Ricardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d AEMET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 84857850470     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.835     Document Type: Article

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