Discharge of the Nile River: A Barometer of Short-Period Climate Variation

Eight events of climate variation with durations of the order of 100 years have been found in the history of annual Nile River discharge dating from the year 622. They cease during the "little climatic optimum" in the North Atlantic and then reappear and intensify; this behavior suggests t...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Riehl, Herbert, Meitín, José
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1979
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.206.4423.1178
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.206.4423.1178
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Summary:Eight events of climate variation with durations of the order of 100 years have been found in the history of annual Nile River discharge dating from the year 622. They cease during the "little climatic optimum" in the North Atlantic and then reappear and intensify; this behavior suggests that control is from the belt of the polar westerlies.