Snowpack variations since AD 1150 in the Andes of Chile and Argentina (30°-37°S) inferred from rainfall, tree-ring and documentary records

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Masiokas, M H ^a   Villalba, R ^a   Christie, D A ^b   Betman, E ^a   Luckman, B H ^c   Le Quesne, C ^b   Prieto, M R ^a   Mauget, S ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; RAIN; SNOW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; CENTRAL CHILE; HYDROCLIMATIC VARIABLES; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; LONG-TERM VARIABILITY; RAINFALL DATA; REGRESSION MODEL; SEMI-ARID REGION; SERIES ANALYSIS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING WIDTH; WINTER SNOW ACCUMULATION;

REPAIR;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWPACK; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHILE;

EID: 84858385570     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016748     Document Type: Article

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