Low-frequency and high-frequency changes in temperature and effective humidity during the Holocene in south-central Sweden: Implications for atmospheric and oceanic forcings of climate

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 285-297

  Seppä, Heikki ^a   Hammarlund, D ^b   Antonsson, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; INSOLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 25444507725     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0024-5     Document Type: Article

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