High-resolution palaeoclimatic records for the last millennium: Interpretation, integration and comparison with General Circulation Model control-run temperatures

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-471

  Jones, P D ^a   Briffa, K R ^a   Barnett, T P ^b   Tett, S F B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CGCM; Control run temperatures; Coupled general circulation models; GCM; General circulation models; High resolution records; Palaeoclimatic reconstruction; Proxy climate data; Short term climatic change

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0031853851     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398667194956     Document Type: Article

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