A 250-year annual precipitation reconstruction and drought assessment for Cyprus from Pinus brutia Ten. tree-rings

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2702-2714

  Griggs, Carol ^a   Pearson, Charlotte ^b   Manning, Sturt W ^a   Lorentzen, Brita ^a  

^a The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Laboratory for Aegean and Near Eastern Dendrochronology Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual precipitation reconstruction; Cyprus; Dendroclimatology; Drought record; North atlantic oscillation; Pinus brutia (Ten.); Troodos massif

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FORESTRY;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CYPRUS; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; PINUS BRUTIA; TROODOS MASSIF;

DROUGHT;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DROUGHT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; PINUS BRUTIA;

CYPRUS; LIMASSOL; TROODOS MOUNTAINS;

PINUS BRUTIA;

EID: 84902651613     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3869     Document Type: Article

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