Temperature changes along the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest coast modeled from coastal tree rings

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 474-481

  Wiles, Gregory C ^a   D'Arrigo, Rosanne D ^a   Jacoby, Gordon C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL ACTIVITY; HISTORIC CLIMATIC SERIES; TEMPERATURE CHANGE; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

USA, ALASKA; USA, WASHINGTON, OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0029669144     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-053     Document Type: Article

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