A millennial long March-July precipitation reconstruction for southern-central England

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 997-1017

  Wilson, Rob ^a   Miles, Dan ^b   Loader, Neil J ^c   Melvin, Tom ^d   Cunningham, Laura ^a   Cooper, Richard ^d   Briffa, Keith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydroclimate; Oak; Precipitation; Reconstruction; Southern England; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874632977     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1318-z     Document Type: Article

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