Exploring an ensemble approach to estimating skill in multiproxy palaeoclimate reconstructions

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-129

  Van Der Schrier, G ^a   Osborn, T J ^a   Briffa, K R ^a   Cook, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Ensemble; Multiproxy reconstruction; North Atlantic Oscillation; Palaeoclimate; Reconstructive skill

Indexed keywords

ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 34548095658     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607073294     Document Type: Review

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