Blue intensity in Pinus sylvestris tree-rings: Developing a new palaeoclimate proxy

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 821-828

  Campbell, Rochelle ^a   McCarroll, Danny ^a   Loader, Neil J ^a   Grudd, Håkan ^b,c   Robertson, Iain ^a   Jalkanen, Risto ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blue intensity; Dendrochronology; Dendroclimatology; Palaeoclimate; Reflected light image analysis; Relative density; Scots pine; Tree line

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOFTWARE; TIME SERIES; TREE RING; TREELINE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 35649008331     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607080523     Document Type: Article

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