Spring-summer temperatures since AD 1780 reconstructed from stable oxygen isotope ratios in white spruce tree-rings from the Mackenzie Delta, northwestern Canada

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 771-785

  Porter, Trevor J ^a,b   Pisaric, Michael F J ^b,c   Field, Robert D ^d,e   Kokelj, Steven V ^f   Edwards, Thomas W D ^g   deMontigny, Peter ^b   Healy, Richard ^d   LeGrande, Allegra N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^f Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Mackenzie Delta; NASA GISS ModelE; Stable oxygen isotope ratios; Temperature reconstruction; White spruce tree rings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895052573     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1674-3     Document Type: Article

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