Local and global climate signals from tree rings of Parkinsonia praecox in La Guajira, Colombia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1077-1088

  Ramírez, Jorge Andrés ^a   del Valle, Jorge Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Annual tree rings; Dendroclimatology; ENSO; Growth climate relationship; La Ni a; Radiocarbon dating; Tropical arid lands; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

ARID LANDS; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; ENSO; GROWTH-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIP; RADIOCARBON DATING; TREE RINGS; TROPICAL TREE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL PLANT; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE SIGNAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LA NINA; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFALL; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TREE RING; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

FORESTRY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; TREES;

ARGENTINA; COLOMBIA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; LA GUAJIRA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

PARKINSONIA; PARKINSONIA PRAECOX;

EID: 84861993399     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2335     Document Type: Article

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