Large-scale temperature inferences from tree rings: A review

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-26

  Briffa, K R ^a   Osborn, T J ^a   Schweingruber, F H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Global warming; Northern Hemisphere; Temperature reconstructions; Tree ring density

Indexed keywords

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

EID: 0347622709     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00095-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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