Dendroclimatology Progress and Prospects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hughes, Malcolm K. (Editor), Swetnam, Thomas W. (Editor), Diaz, Henry F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research, 11
• Subjects: Environment.; Climatology.; Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Trees.; Climate change.; Archaeology.; Climate Change.; Tree Biology.; Earth Sciences, general.

A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent and long-term data to support analyses of historical patterns and trends, and for model development and evaluation. Along with directly measured climate data from the present and recent past, it is important to obtain estimates of long pas...

Table of Contents:

• part i: introductory section.-part ii: scientific bases of dentroclimatology
• part iii: reconstruction of climate patterns and values relative to today’s climate
• part iv: applications of dendroclimatology
• part v: overview.