Modeling North Pacific temperature and pressure changes from coastal tree-ring chronologies

Climate modeling using coastal tree-ring chronologies has yielded the first summer temperature reconstructions for coastal stations along the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. These land temperature reconstructions are strongly correlated with nearby sea surface temperatures, indicating larg...

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Main Authors: Wiles, Gregory C., D'Arrigo, Rosanne D., Jacoby, Gordon C.
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 1995
Subjects:
Atmospheric Sciences
Oceanography
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
aleutian low
Alaska
Online Access:http://aquaticcommons.org/15747/
http://aquaticcommons.org/15747/1/Gregory%20C.%20Wiles.pdf
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Summary:Climate modeling using coastal tree-ring chronologies has yielded the first summer temperature reconstructions for coastal stations along the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. These land temperature reconstructions are strongly correlated with nearby sea surface temperatures, indicating large-scale ocean-atmospheric influences. Significant progress has also been made in modeling winter land temperatures and sea surface temperatures from coastal and shipboard stations. In addition to temperature, the pressure variability center over the central North Pacific Ocean (PAC), which is related to the strength and location of the Aleutian Low pressure system, could be extended using coastal tree rings.

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