Tree-ring-based reconstruction of precipitation in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, since 1260 A.D

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 3855-3865

  Gray, Stephen T ^a   Fastie, Christopher L ^b   Jackson, Stephen T ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

HIGHER FREQUENCY MODES; LIMBER PINE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO; HOLOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TREE RING;

BIGHORN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

EID: 8644282755     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3855:TROPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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