The Mexican Drought Atlas: Tree-ring reconstructions of the soil moisture balance during the late pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern eras

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 34-60

  Stahle, David W ^a   Cook, Edward R ^b   Burnette, Dorian J ^c   Villanueva, Jose ^d   Cerano, Julian ^d   Burns, Jordan N ^e   Griffin, Daniel ^f   Cook, Benjamin I ^g   Acuña, Rodolfo ^h   Torbenson, Max C A ^a   Szejner, Paul ⁱ   Howard, Ian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

^d INIFAP Centro Nacional de Investigacion Disciplinaria Relacion Agua Suelo Planta Atmosfera   (Mexico)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^g NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^h UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate reconstruction; Drought; El Nino; La Nina; Mexico; Palmer drought severity index; Pluvial; Social impacts; Tree ring chronologies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EARTH (PLANET); ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; EL NINO; LA NINA; ME-XICO; PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDICES; PLUVIAL; SOCIAL IMPACT; TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; LA NINA; PALEOCLIMATE; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOIL MOISTURE; TELECONNECTION; TREE RING; WEATHER STATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS;

EID: 84979255858     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.06.018     Document Type: Review

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