Influence of volcanic eruptions on Northern Hemisphere summer temperature over the past 600 years

Nature

Volumn 393, Issue 6684, 1998, Pages 450-455

  Briffa, K R ^a   Jones', P D ^a   Schweingruber, F H ^a   Osborn, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; PALAEOCLIMATE CHANGE; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOREST; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANO;

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0032482418     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/30943     Document Type: Article

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