Prediction intervals for climate reconstructions with autocorrelated noise-An analysis of ordinary least squares and measurement error methods

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 313-329

  Moberg, Anders ^a   Brattström, Gudrun ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Climate reconstruction; Measurement error models; Prediction interval; Red noise; Statistical calibration

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PREDICTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING;

EID: 79960711044     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.035     Document Type: Article

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