Low-frequency summer temperature variation in central Sweden since the tenth century inferred from tree rings

Holocene

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 667-671

  Gunnarson, Bjön E ^a   Linderholm, Hans W ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central Sweden; Climate; Dendroclimatology; Late Holocene; Pinus sylvestris; Summer temperature; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; HOLOCENE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE;

SWEDEN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0036853946     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683602hl579rp     Document Type: Article

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