Cold-season temperatures in the European Alps during the past millennium: Variability, seasonality and recent trends

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  De Jong, R ^a   Kamenik, C ^a   Grosjean, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Climatic change; Lake sediments; Late Holocene; Little ice age; NAO; Varves

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOCENE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; NAO; VARVES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAKES; METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALPS; EUROPE;

EID: 84886648105     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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