Discrepancies between the modeled and proxy-reconstructed response to volcanic forcing over the past millennium: Implications and possible mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7617-7627

  Mann, Michael E ^a   Rutherford, Scott ^b   Schurer, Andrew ^c   Tett, Simon F B ^c   Fuentes, Jose D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate; tree rings; volcanism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY;

CLIMATE; HIGH FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; PROXY RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RINGS; VOLCANISM;

VOLCANOES;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COOLING; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; THRESHOLD; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84882754867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50609     Document Type: Article

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