Biases in RCS tree ring chronologies due to sampling heights of trees

• Published in: Dendrochronologia
• Main Authors: Autin, Julia, Gennaretti, Fabio, Arseneault, Dominique, Bégin, Yves
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Dendrochronologie; Paléoclimatologie; Arbres; Cernes; Erreurs systématiques; Hauteur; Échantillonnage; Épinette noire; Picea mariana; Canada; Noire; taiga
• Online Access: https://semaphore.uqar.ca/id/eprint/1626/; https://semaphore.uqar.ca/id/eprint/1626/1/Julia_Autin_et_al_septembre2015.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2015.08.002

The Regional Curve Standardization (RCS) is one of the most employed standardization methods to remove biological signals in long tree ring chronologies. The approach assumes that an overall age-related growth trend typify all tree ring series to be included in a standardized tree ring chronology. A...