Temperature variability over the past millennium inferred from Northwestern Alaska tree rings

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 227-236

  D'Arrigo, Rosanne ^a   Mashig, Erika ^a   Frank, David ^b   Wilson, Rob ^c   Jacoby, Gordon ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LIA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 16344373629     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0502-1     Document Type: Article

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