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A Changing WorldOn Selected Issues and Challenges in Dendroclimatology

A Changing World: On Selected Issues and Challenges in Dendroclimatology We discuss selected issues in palaeoclimatic research, with a focus on tree ring based temperature reconstructions. Topics include the difficulty to retain long-term temperature variations in tree ring based reconstructions, the effects of this and other limitations on the estimation of the absolute temperature amplitude over the past millennium, and the potentials and limitations of including precipitation sensitive tree ring data in large-scale temperature reconstructions. To address these issues, we begin with a brief introduction into some principles of proxy data and specific characteristics of tree ring time-series. Keywords: dendrochronology, tree rings, temperature reconstruchtion, age-trend, proxy, palaeo- climate F. Kienast, O. Wildi & S. Ghosh (eds.) , A Changing World. Challenges for Landscape Research, 113 –132. © 2007 Springer. 114 J. Esper, D. C. Frank, J. Luterbacher Introduction From the range of potential research questions that can be addressed using dendroclimatic methods, the documentation of natural climate variability from periods prior to evident human impact stands out prominently (Watson et al. 2001). An essential component of this more recent impact is the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO into the atmosphere since the beginning of widespread industrialization in the middle of the 19th century (Keeling Temperature 0.5 Reconstruction http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Changing WorldOn Selected Issues and Challenges in Dendroclimatology

Part of the Landscape Series Book Series (volume 8)
Editors: Kienast, Felix; Wildi, Otto; Ghosh, Sucharita
Esper, Jan; Frank, David C.; Luterbacher, Jürg
A Changing World — Jan 1, 2007
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© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
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978-1-4020-4434-2
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113 –132
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10.1007/978-1-4020-4436-6_8
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Abstract

We discuss selected issues in palaeoclimatic research, with a focus on tree ring based temperature reconstructions. Topics include the difficulty to retain long-term temperature variations in tree ring based reconstructions, the effects of this and other limitations on the estimation of the absolute temperature amplitude over the past millennium, and the potentials and limitations of including precipitation sensitive tree ring data in large-scale temperature reconstructions. To address these issues, we begin with a brief introduction into some principles of proxy data and specific characteristics of tree ring time-series. Keywords: dendrochronology, tree rings, temperature reconstruchtion, age-trend, proxy, palaeo- climate F. Kienast, O. Wildi & S. Ghosh (eds.) , A Changing World. Challenges for Landscape Research, 113 –132. © 2007 Springer. 114 J. Esper, D. C. Frank, J. Luterbacher Introduction From the range of potential research questions that can be addressed using dendroclimatic methods, the documentation of natural climate variability from periods prior to evident human impact stands out prominently (Watson et al. 2001). An essential component of this more recent impact is the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO into the atmosphere since the beginning of widespread industrialization in the middle of the 19th century (Keeling Temperature 0.5 Reconstruction

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: Tree Ring; Ring Width; Geophysical Research; Temperature Reconstruction; Geophysical Research Letter

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