A reconstruction of the North Atlantic Oscillation using tree-ring chronologies from North America and Europe

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-17

  Cook, Edward R ^a   D'Arrigo, Rosanne D ^a   Briffa, Keith R ^b  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration verification; NAO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Spectral analysis; Tree ring reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALAEOCLIMATE; TREE RING ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031908951     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398677793725     Document Type: Article

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