A 520 year record of summer sunshine for the eastern European Alps based on stable carbon isotopes in larch tree rings

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 971-980

  Hafner, Polona ^a   McCarroll, Danny ^b   Robertson, Iain ^b   Loader, Neil J ^b   Gagen, Mary ^b   Young, Giles HF ^b   Bale, Roderick J ^c   Sonninen, Eloni ^d   Levanič, Tom ^a  

^a SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Climate change; Cloud cover; Dendrochronology

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUMMER; TREE RING;

ALPS; EASTERN ALPS;

LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 84905085178     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1864-z     Document Type: Article

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