Journal article

Recognising bias in Common Era temperature reconstructions


Authors listBuntgen, Ulf; Arseneault, Dominique; Boucher, Etienne; Churakova (Sidorova), Olga V.; Gennaretti, Fabio; Crivellaro, Alan; Hughes, Malcolm K.; Kirdyanov, Alexander V.; Klippel, Lara; Krusic, Paul J.; Linderholm, Hans W.; Ljungqvist, Fredrik C.; Ludescher, Josef; McCormick, Michael; Myglan, Vladimir S.; Nicolussi, Kurt; Piermattei, Alma; Oppenheimer, Clive; Reinig, Frederick; Sigl, Michael; Vaganov, Eugene A.; Esper, Jan

Publication year2022

JournalDendrochronologia: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Tree-Ring Science

Volume number74

ISSN1125-7865

eISSN1612-0051

Open access statusHybrid

DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125982

PublisherElsevier


Abstract
A steep decline in the quality and quantity of available climate proxy records before medieval times challenges any comparison of reconstructed temperature and hydroclimate trends and extremes between the first and second half of the Common Era. Understanding of the physical causes, ecological responses and societal consequences of past climatic changes, however, demands highly-resolved, spatially-explicit, seasonally-defined and absolutely-dated archives over the entire period in question. Continuous efforts to improve existing proxy records and reconstruction methods and to develop new ones, as well as clear communication of all uncertainties (within and beyond academia) must be central tasks for the paleoclimate community.



Citation Styles

Harvard Citation styleBuntgen, U., Arseneault, D., Boucher, E., Churakova (Sidorova), O., Gennaretti, F., Crivellaro, A., et al. (2022) Recognising bias in Common Era temperature reconstructions, Dendrochronologia: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Tree-Ring Science, 74, Article 125982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125982

APA Citation styleBuntgen, U., Arseneault, D., Boucher, E., Churakova (Sidorova), O., Gennaretti, F., Crivellaro, A., Hughes, M., Kirdyanov, A., Klippel, L., Krusic, P., Linderholm, H., Ljungqvist, F., Ludescher, J., McCormick, M., Myglan, V., Nicolussi, K., Piermattei, A., Oppenheimer, C., Reinig, F., ...Esper, J. (2022). Recognising bias in Common Era temperature reconstructions. Dendrochronologia: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Tree-Ring Science. 74, Article 125982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dendro.2022.125982



Keywords


Climate variationCOMMON ERALarge-scale networkMulti -proxy reconstructionScience communicationTree rings


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