Northern Hemisphere temperature patterns in the last 12 centuries

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-249

  Ljungqvist, F C ^a   Krusic, P J ^a   Brattstrom G ^a   Sundqvist, H S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOMINANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LAND TYPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

EID: 84859891144     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-227-2012     Document Type: Article

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