Annual to decadal-scale variations in northwest Atlantic sector temperatures inferred from Labrador tree rings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-148

  D'Arrigo, Rosanne D ^a   Cook, Edward R ^a   Jacoby, Gordon C ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL TEMPERATURE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC, GRAND BANKS; CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND, LABRADOR; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0029667148     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-015     Document Type: Article

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