A tree-ring reconstruction of streamflow in the Santa Fe River, New Mexico

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 397, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 118-127

  Margolis, Ellis Q ^a   Meko, David M ^a   Touchan, Ramzi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; New Mexico; Reconstruction; Streamflow; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

18TH CENTURY; ANNUAL FLOW; DRY PERIODS; FUTURE CLIMATE; INSTREAM FLOWS; LONG TERM RECORDS; LOW FLOW; MEAN FLOW; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NEW MEXICO; NON-EXCEEDENCE PROBABILITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SHORT PERIODS; STEPWISE MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; TREE RINGS; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES; TREE-RING RECONSTRUCTION; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER SUPPLY PLANNING;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

STREAM FLOW;

CHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; INSTREAM FLOW; LOW FLOW; PALEOHYDROLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RECONSTRUCTION; RESERVOIR; RIVER DISCHARGE; STREAMFLOW; TREE RING; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEW MEXICO; PROBABILITY; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW MEXICO; SANTA FE [NEW MEXICO]; SANTA FE RIVER [NEW MEXICO]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862847637     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.11.042     Document Type: Article

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