Publications

2008
R. Touchan, Anchukaitis, K. J., Meko, D. M., Attalah, S., Baisan, C., and Aloui, A., “The long term context for recent drought in northwestern Africa, ”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 35, p. L13705, 2008.
R. Touchan, Meko, D., and Aloui, A., “Precipitation reconstruction for Northwestern Tunisia from tree rings”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 72, pp. 1887 – 1896, 2008.
2007
R. Touchan, Akkemik, Ü., Hughes, M. K., and Erkan, N., “May–June precipitation reconstruction of southwestern Anatolia, Turkey during the last 900 years from tree rings”, Quaternary Research, vol. 68, pp. 196-202, 2007.
2005
R. Touchan, Hughes, M. K., Xoplaki, E., Funkhouser, G., Luterbacher, J., Erkan, N., Akkemik, Ü., and Stephan, J., “Dendroclimatology and large-scale circulation influences in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East region”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 25, pp. 75-98, 2005.
J. Luterbacher and Touchan, R., “Mediterranean climate variability over the last centuries: A review”, in The Mediterranean Climate: an overview of the main characteristics and issues, P. Lionello, Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., and Boscolo, R., Eds. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, 2005, pp. 27-148.
R. Touchan, Xoplaki, E., Funkhouser, G., Luterbacher, J., Hughes, M. K., Erkan, N., Akkemik, Ü., and Stephan, J., “Reconstructions of spring/summer precipitation for the Eastern Mediterranean from tree-ring widths and its connection to large-scale atmospheric circulation”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 25, pp. 75-98, 2005.
R. Touchan, Funkhouser, G., Hughes, M. K., and Erkan, N., “Standardized precipitation index reconstructed from Turkish tree-ring widths”, Climatic Change, vol. 72, pp. 339-353, 2005.
2003
R. Touchan, Garfin, G. M., Meko, D., Funkhouser, G., Erkan, N., Hughes, M. K., and Wallin, B. S., “Preliminary reconstructions of spring precipitation in southwestern Turkey from tree-ring width”, International Journal of Climatology, vol. 23, pp. 157-171, 2003.
2000
R. Touchan and Hughes, M. K., “The role of dendrochronology in natural resource management”, USDA Forest Service Proceedings, vol. RMRS-P-13, pp. 277-281, 2000.
1999
R. Touchan, Meko, D., and Hughes, M. K., “A 396-year reconstruction of precipitation in southern Jordan”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 35, pp. 49-59, 1999.
R. Touchan and Hughes, M. K., “Dendrochronology in Jordan”, Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 42, pp. 291-303, 1999.

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