Climatic information from tree-rings of Pinus sylvestris L. and a reconstruction of summer temperatures back to AD 1500 in Femundsmarka, eastern Norway, using partial least squares regression (PLS) analysis

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-77

  Kalela Brundin, Maarit ^a,b  

^a Museum of Archaeology   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate; Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Norway; Partial least squares regression; Pinus silvestris; PLS; Summer temperature; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

FEMUNDSMARKA; NORWAY;

PINUS SILVESTRIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0032962204     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399678118795     Document Type: Article

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