North Pacific sea surface temperatures: Past variations inferred from tree rings

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2757-2760

  D'Arrigo, Rosanne ^a   Wiles, Gregory ^b   Jacoby, Gordon ^a   Villalba, Ricardo ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Wooster College   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; WEATHER FORECASTING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING SYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

NORTH PACIFIC SEA; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TREE RINGS; GULF OF ALASKA; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TREE RING DATA; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033377492     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900504     Document Type: Article

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