Multi-proxy reconstructions of the north atlantic oscillation (NAO) index: A critical review and a new well-verified winter NAO index reconstruction back to AD 1400

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 134, Issue , 2003, Pages 63-79

  Cook, Edward R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 85040222179     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/134GM04     Document Type: Chapter

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