An assessment of the potential for centennial-scale reconstruction of atmospheric circulation from selected New Zealand tree-ring chronologies

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 238-254

  Fowler, A M ^a   Palmer, J ^b   Fenwick, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Gondwana Tree Ring Laboratory   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Dendroclimatology; ENSO; New Zealand; Palaeoclimatology; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CALIBRATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NATIVE SPECIES; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TRANSFER FUNCTION; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; HALOCARPUS BIFORMIS; LIBOCEDRUS; LIBOCEDRUS BIDWILLII;

EID: 48349088189     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.027     Document Type: Article

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