Stable carbon isotopes from Torneträsk, northern Sweden provide a millennial length reconstruction of summer sunshine and its relationship to Arctic circulation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-113

  Loader, N J ^a   Young, G H F ^a   Grudd, H ^b   McCarroll, D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

" Little Ice Age"; Arctic oscillation; Climate change; Fennoscandia; Northern annular mode; Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); Pinus sylvestris; Tornetr sk; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; FENNOSCANDIA; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN ANNULAR MODE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TREE RINGS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES;

FORESTRY;

ANTICYCLONE; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; CONIFEROUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; POLAR FRONT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

FENNOSCANDIA; NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN; TORNE LAKE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84871894705     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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