Forward modelling of tree-ring width and comparison with a global network of tree-ring chronologies

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 437-449

  Breitenmoser, P ^a   Bronnimann S ^a   Frank, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE FORCING; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FORWARD MODELING; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; TIME SERIES; TREE RING;

EID: 84896098412     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-437-2014     Document Type: Article

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