Reduced sensitivity of recent tree-growth to temperature at high northern latitudes
@article{Briffa1998ReducedSO, title={Reduced sensitivity of recent tree-growth to temperature at high northern latitudes}, author={Keith R. Briffa and Fritz Hans Schweingruber and P. D. Jones and Timothy J. Osborn and Stepan G. Shiyatov and Eugene A. Vaganov}, journal={Nature}, year={1998}, volume={391}, pages={678-682} }
Tree-ring chronologies that represent annual changes in the density of wood formed during the late summer can provide a proxy for local summertime air temperature. Here we undertake an examination of large-regional-scale wood-density/air-temperature relationships using measurements from hundreds of sites at high latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. When averaged over large areas of northern America and Eurasia, tree-ring density series display a strong coherence with summer temperature…
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