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These links are provided consistent with the stated purpose of this Department of Commerce/NOAA Web site."},"dataType":"CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS","investigators":"Gray, S.T.; Jackson, S.T.; Betancourt, J.L.","investigatorDetails":[{"firstName":"Stephen","lastName":"Gray","initials":"S.T.","orcId":null},{"firstName":"Stephen","lastName":"Jackson","initials":"S.T.","orcId":"0000-0002-1487-4652"},{"firstName":"Julio","lastName":"Betancourt","initials":"J.L.","orcId":"0000-0002-7165-0743"}],"version":"1.0","funding":[{"fundingAgency":"United States Geological Survey (USGS)","fundingGrant":null},{"fundingAgency":"Wyoming Water Development Commission","fundingGrant":null},{"fundingAgency":"US National Science Foundation","fundingGrant":null}],"studyNotes":"Total annual (previous June-current June) precipitation for the Uinta Basin Region (Utah Climate Division 6) reconstructed from tree rings.","onlineResourceLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/paleo-search/study/6329","difMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/dif/xml/noaa-recon-6329.xml","isoMetadataLink":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/published/paleo/iso/xml/noaa-recon-6329.xml","originalSource":null,"dataTypeInformation":"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/paleoclimatology/climate-reconstruction","studyCode":null,"scienceKeywords":["Precipitation Reconstruction"],"reconstruction":"Y","contributionDate":"2004-07-01","entryId":"noaa-recon-6329","earliestYearBP":724,"mostRecentYearBP":-51,"earliestYearCE":1226,"mostRecentYearCE":2001,"publication":[{"author":{"name":"Gray, S. T., Jackson, S. T. and J.L. Betancourt"},"pubYear":2007,"title":"Tree-ring based reconstructions of interannual to decadal-scale precipitation variability for northeastern Utah.","journal":"Journal of the American Water Resources Association","volume":"40","edition":null,"issue":"4","pages":"947-960","reportNumber":null,"citation":"Gray, S. T., Jackson, S. T. and J.L. Betancourt. 2007. Tree-ring based reconstructions of interannual to decadal-scale precipitation variability for northeastern Utah. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 40(4), 947-960. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01058.x","type":"publication","identifier":{"type":"doi","id":"10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01058.x","url":"http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01058.x"},"abstract":"Samples from 107 piņon pines (Pinns edulis) at four sites were used to develop a proxy record of annual (June to June) precipitation spanning the 1226 to 2001 AD interval for the Uinta Basin Watershed of northeastern Utah. 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