The importance of the geophysical context in statistical evaluations of climate reconstruction procedures

Climatic Change

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 71-88

  Ammann, Caspar M ^a   Wahl, Eugene R ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GEOPHYSICAL CONTEXT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOPHYSICS; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 34548722440     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9276-x     Document Type: Review

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