The Medieval Quiet Period

Holocene

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 990-993

  Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Wanner, Heinz ^b   Diaz, Henry F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medieval climate; Paleoclimate; solar forcing; volcanic forcing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; MEDIEVAL; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84968547772     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683615622552     Document Type: Article

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