Tree-ring width and density data around the Northern Hemisphere: Part 1, local and regional climate signals

Holocene

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 737-757

  Briffa, Keith R ^a   Osborn, Timothy J ^a   Schweingruber, Fritz H ^b   Jones, Philip D ^a   Shiyatov, Stepan G ^c   Vaganov, Eugene A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ANIMAL ECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Late Holocene; Northern Hemisphere; Regional climate; Summer temperature; Tree ring density; Tree ring width

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; HOLOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0036853929     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683602hl587rp     Document Type: Article

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