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100 1 _aHughes, Malcolm K.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aDendroclimatology
_h[electronic resource] :
_bProgress and Prospects /
_cedited by Malcolm K. Hughes, Thomas W. Swetnam, Henry F. Diaz.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2011.
300 _aXII, 368 p.
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490 1 _aDevelopments in Paleoenvironmental Research,
_x1571-5299 ;
_v11
505 0 _apart 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.
520 _aA 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 past climate variations spanning multiple centuries and millennia. These longer time perspectives are needed for assessing the unusualness of recent climate changes, as well as for providing insight on the range, variation and overall dynamics of the climate system over time spans exceeding available records from instruments, such as rain gauges and thermometers.   Tree rings have become increasingly valuable in providing this long-term information because extensive data networks have been developed in temperate and boreal zones of the Earth, and quantitative methods for analyzing these data have advanced. Tree rings are among the most useful paleoclimate information sources available because they provide a high degree of chronological accuracy, high replication, and extensive spatial coverage spanning recent centuries. With the expansion and extension of tree-ring data and analytical capacity new climatic insights from tree rings are being used in a variety of applications, including for interpretation of past changes in ecosystems and human societies.   This volume presents an overview of the current state of dendroclimatology, its contributions over the last 30 years, and its future potential. The material included is useful not only to those who generate tree-ring records of past climate-dendroclimatologists, but also to users of their results-climatologists, hydrologists, ecologists and archeologists.   ‘With the pressing climatic questions of the 21st century demanding a deeper understanding of the climate system and our impact upon it, this thoughtful volume comes at critical moment. It will be of fundamental importance in not only guiding researchers, but in educating scientists and the interested lay person on the both incredible power and potential pitfalls of reconstructing climate using tree-ring analysis.’, Glen M. MacDonald, UCLA Institute of the Environment, CA, USA   ‘This is an up-to-date treatment of all branches of tree-ring science, by the world’s experts in the field, reminding us that tree rings are the most important source of proxy data on climate change.  Should be read by all budding dendrochronology scientists.’, Alan Robock, Rutgers University, NJ, USA      
650 0 _aEnvironmental sciences.
650 0 _aGeography.
650 0 _aPaleontology.
650 0 _aTrees.
650 0 _aClimatic changes.
650 0 _aArchaeology.
650 1 4 _aEnvironment.
650 2 4 _aClimate Change.
650 2 4 _aTree Biology.
650 2 4 _aPaleontology.
650 2 4 _aArchaeology.
650 2 4 _aEarth Sciences, general.
700 1 _aSwetnam, Thomas W.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aDiaz, Henry F.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781402040108
830 0 _aDevelopments in Paleoenvironmental Research,
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