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Surface temperature reconstructions for the last 2,000 years /

In response to a request from Congress, Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years assesses the state of scientific efforts to reconstruct surface temperature records for Earth during approximately the last 2,000 years and the implications of these efforts for our understanding of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Summary
  • Overview
  • Introduction to technical chapters
  • The instrumental record
  • Documentary and historical evidence
  • Tree rings
  • Marine, lake, and cave proxies
  • Ice isotopes
  • Glacier length and mass balance records
  • Boreholes
  • Statistical background
  • Climate forcings and climate models
  • Large-scale multiproxy reconstruction techniques
  • Appendix A. Statement of Task
  • Appendix B.R Code for Figure 9-2
  • Appendix C. Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.