Biases in the estimation of transfer function prediction errors

Paleoceanography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Telford, R J ^a   Andersson, C ^a   Birks, H J B ^a,b,c   Juggins, S ^d  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantitative paleoenvironmental reconstructions; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 15944392491     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004PA001072     Document Type: Article

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