Spatial reconstruction of summer temperatures in Central Europe for the last 500 years using annually resolved proxy records: Problems and opportunities

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Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 490-497

  Wilson, Robert ^a   Frank, David ^b   Topham, John ^c   Nicolussi, Kurt ^d   Esper, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c Institut für Hochgebirgsforschung ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Institut für Hochgebirgsforschung   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SUMMER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

PICEA;

EID: 30844464809     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009480500231351     Document Type: Article

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