European Tree Rings and Climate in the 16th Century |
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| Authors: | KR Briffa PD Jones RB Vogel FH Schweingruber MGL Baillie SG Shiyatov EA Vaganov |
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| Institution: | (1) Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K.;(2) Snow and Landscape Research, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland;(3) Palaeoecology Centre, School of Geosciences, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN, U.K.;(4) Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Marta Street, Ekaterinburg, 620219, Russia;(5) Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia |
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| Abstract: | We present a selective review of tree-ring variability and inferred climate changes in Europe during the 16th century. The dendroclimatological evidence is assessed within the context of the last 500 years and some interpretational problems are discussed. The tree-ring evidence is compared with various non-dendroclimatic evidence. The body of evidence shows that a large region of mid and northern Europe experienced a sharp cooling at around 1570/80 that, at least in the north, marked a shift towards a prolonged period of cool conditions. This region had its southern boundary in the Alps and there is little evidence for a major cooling in southern Europe. |
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