Climate change in the North Pacific region over the past three centuries

Nature

Volumn 420, Issue 6914, 2002, Pages 401-403

  Moore, G W K ^a   Holdsworth, Gerald ^b   Alverson, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c PAGES International Project Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ICE; SEA LEVEL; SNOW;

PROXY DATA;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LITTLE ICE AGE; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARMING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

EID: 0037191779     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01229     Document Type: Article

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