A forward modeling approach to paleoclimatic interpretation of tree-ring data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Evans, M N ^a,b,c   Reichert, Bernhard K ^c,d   Kaplan, Alexey ^c   Anchukaitis, Kanchuka J ^a,b   Vaganov, E A ^e   Hughes, M K ^a   Cane, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

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

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^e SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FORWARD MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TIMESCALE; TREE RING;

EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 34848838851     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JG000166     Document Type: Article

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