ENSO history recorded in Agathis australis (kauri) tree rings. Part A: Kauri's potential as an ENSO proxy

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Fowler, A M ^a   Boswijk, G ^a   Gergis, J ^b   Lorrey, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agathis australis; Dendroclimatology; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; ENSO; Kauri; New Zealand; Palaeoclimatology; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SOFTWOODS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMATE SIGNAL; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NIÑO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; TREE RINGS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

AGATHIS; METEOROLOGY; RINGS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 38649099090     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1525     Document Type: Article

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