Early summer temperatures since 1670 A.D. for Central Kamchatka reconstructed based on a Siberian larch tree-ring width chronology

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Forest Research
• Main Authors: Gostev, Moses, Wiles, Gregory, D'Arrigo, Rosanne, Jacoby, Gordon, Khomentovsky, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Bystraya; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatskiy; Petropavlovsk; Kamchatka; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x26-230; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/x26-230

A tree-ring width chronology of larch (Larixkurilensis Mayr) has been developed from along the Bystraya River near Esso in the interior valley of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. The chronology, which covers from 1670 to 1992, explains 38% of the variance in May–June temperatures for the Esso meteor...