European summer temperature response to annually dated volcanic eruptions over the past nine centuries

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1-14

  Esper, Jan ^a   Schneider, Lea ^a   Krusic, Paul J ^b   Luterbacher, Jürg ^c   Büntgen, Ulf ^d,g,h   Timonen, Mauri ^e   Sirocko, Frank ^a   Zorita, Eduardo ^f  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^h INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Climate; Europe; Instrumental stations; Maximum latewood density; Tree rings; Volcanic forcing

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84878791706     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-013-0736-z     Document Type: Article

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