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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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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
Atmospheric temperature.
Greenhouse gases > Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Température atmosphérique.
Gaz à effet de serre > Aspect de l'environnement.
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Atmospheric temperature
Climatic changes
Greenhouse gases > Environmental aspects
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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