Pliocene climate variability: Northern Annular Mode in models and tree-ring data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 118-127

  Hill, D J ^a   Csank, A Z ^b,e   Dolan, A M ^c   Lunt, D J ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Oscillation; Climate model; North Atlantic Oscillation; Northern Annular Mode; Pliocene; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORWEGIAN SEA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79960618942     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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