CREST (Climate REconstruction SofTware): A probability density function (PDF)-based quantitative climate reconstruction method

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2081-2098

  Chevalier, M ^a   Cheddadi, R ^a   Chase, B M ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 84914156262     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-2081-2014     Document Type: Article

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