Volcanic cooling signal in tree ring temperature records for the past millennium

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 9000-9010

  D'Arrigo, Rosanne ^a   Wilson, Rob ^a,b   Anchukaitis, Kevin J ^a,c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL RESOLUTION; DENSITY RECONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; MAXIMUM LATEWOOD DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; REGIONAL COOLING; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SIGNAL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREE RING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84885147397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50692     Document Type: Article

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