A kernel-based Bayesian approach to climatic reconstruction

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 495-500

  Robertson, I ^a,e   Lucy, D ^b   Baxter, L ^b,f   Pollard, A M ^b   Aykroyd, R G ^c   Barker, A C ^d   Carter, A H C ^a,d   Switsur, V R ^a,d   Waterhouse, J S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f New Scotland Yard   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Carbon isotopes; Climatic reconstruction; Dendroclimatology; Kernel density estimation; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032781272     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399676373488     Document Type: Article

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