Scientific merits and analytical challenges of tree‐ring densitometry

J Björklund, G von Arx, D Nievergelt… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
X‐ray microdensitometry on annually resolved tree‐ring samples has gained an exceptional
position in last‐millennium paleoclimatology through the maximum latewood density (MXD) …

[HTML][HTML] Reassessing the evidence for tree-growth and inferred temperature change during the Common Era in Yamalia, northwest Siberia

KR Briffa, TM Melvin, TJ Osborn, RM Hantemirov… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
The development of research into the history of tree growth and inferred summer
temperature changes in Yamalia spanning the last 2000 years is reviewed. One focus is the …

A new bipolar ice core record of volcanism from WAIS Divide and NEEM and implications for climate forcing of the last 2000 years

M Sigl, JR McConnell, L Layman… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Volcanism is a natural climate forcing causing short‐term variations in temperatures.
Histories of volcanic eruptions are needed to quantify their role in climate variability and …

Northern European summer temperature variations over the Common Era from integrated tree‐ring density records

J Esper, E Düthorn, PJ Krusic… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Tree‐ring chronologies of maximum latewood density are most suitable to reconstruct
annually resolved summer temperature variations of the late Holocene. The two longest …

Filling the Eastern European gap in millennium-long temperature reconstructions

U Büntgen, T Kyncl, C Ginzler… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Tree ring–based temperature reconstructions form the scientific backbone of the current
global change debate. Although some European records extend into medieval times, high …

[HTML][HTML] Dendroclimatic potential of dendroanatomy in temperature-sensitive Pinus sylvestris

J Björklund, K Seftigen, P Fonti, D Nievergelt… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
The most frequently and successfully used tree-ring parameters for the study of temperature
variations are ring width and maximum latewood density (MXD). MXD is preferred over ring …

The relationship between the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and temperature variability in China during the last millennium

J Wang, BAO Yang, FC Ljungqvist… - Journal of Quaternary …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Using a large number of temperature‐sensitive proxy records, we investigated the
relationship between the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and temperature variability …

Fennoscandia revisited: a spatially improved tree-ring reconstruction of summer temperatures for the last 900 years

HW Linderholm, J Björklund, K Seftigen… - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
Despite the spatially homogenous summer temperature pattern in Fennoscandia, there are
large spreads among the many existing reconstructions, resulting in an uncertainty in the …

A millennium-long 'Blue Ring'chronology from the Spanish Pyrenees reveals severe ephemeral summer cooling after volcanic eruptions

A Piermattei, A Crivellaro, PJ Krusic… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract'Blue Rings'(BRs) are distinct wood anatomical anomalies recently discovered in
several tree species from different sites. While it is evident that they are associated with a …

Eastern Mediterranean summer temperatures since 730 CE from Mt. Smolikas tree-ring densities

J Esper, L Klippel, PJ Krusic, O Konter, CC Raible… - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The Mediterranean has been identified as particularly vulnerable to climate change, yet a
high-resolution temperature reconstruction extending back into the Medieval Warm Period is …