The Little Ice Age : re-evaluation of an evolving concept

Climate change and variability. Special issue

Auteurs :
MATTHEWS, J.
BRIFFA, K.R.
SÄLLSKAPET, S.

Description :
This review focuses on the development of the Little Ice Age as a glaciological and climatic concept, and evaluates its current usefulness in the light of new data on the glacier and climatic variations of the last millennium and of the Holocene. It is concluded that the concept of a Little Ice Age will remain useful only by : continuing to incorporate the temporal and spatial complexities of glacier and climatic variations as they become better known; reflecting improved understanding of the Earth-atmosphere-ocean system and its forcing factors through the interaction of palaeoclimatic reconstruction with climate modelling.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Geografiska annaler. Series A. Physical geography, issn : 0435-3676, 2005, vol. 87, n°. 1, p. 17-36, nombre de pages : 20, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 145 ref.

Date :
2005

Editeur :
Pays édition : Suede, Stockholm, Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi