Constraining the temperature history of the past millennium using early instrumental observations

The current assessment that twentieth-century global temperature change is unusual in the context of the last thousand years relies on estimates of temperature changes from natural proxies (tree-rings, ice-cores, etc.) and climate model simulations. Confidence in such estimates is limited by difficu...

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Main Authors: P. Brohan, R. Allan, E. Freeman, D. Wheeler, C. Wilkinson, F. Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-10-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/8/1551/2012/cp-8-1551-2012.pdf