Northern hemisphere temperatures during the past millennium: Inferences, uncertainties, and limitations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 759-762

  Mann, Michael E ^a   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Hughes, Malcolm K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ASTRONOMICAL FORCING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033559944     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900070     Document Type: Article

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