Multi-centennial tree-ring record of ENSO-related activity in New Zealand

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-176

  Fowler, Anthony M ^a   Boswijk, Gretel ^a   Lorrey, Andrew M ^b   Gergis, Joelle ^c   Pirie, Maryann ^a   McCloskey, Shane P J ^d   Palmer, Jonathan G ^e   Wunder, Jan ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^e Gondwana Tree Ring Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TELECONNECTION; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; NIA;

EID: 84857522356     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1374     Document Type: Article

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