Reconstruction of summer temperatures in interior Alaska from tree-ring proxies: Evidence for changing synoptic climate regimes

Climatic Change

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 91-120

  Barber, Valerie A ^a   Juday, Glenn Patrick ^a   Finney, Bruce P ^a   Wilmking, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

AUTOGENIC EFFECT; HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREE RING;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 1842815951     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000018501.98266.55     Document Type: Article

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