North Atlantic Oscillation signatures in western Iberian tree-rings

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

ROIG, F.A.

Lab. de Dendrocronología e Historia Ambiental, IANIGLA-CCT-CONICET, Mendoza, Argentine

BARRIOPEDRO, D.

CGUL, IDL, Fac. de Ciências, Lisbon, Portugal

GARCÍA HERRERA, R.

Dep. de Física de la Tierra II, Fac. de Ciências Físicas, Univ. Complutense, Madrid, Espagne

PATÓN DOMINGUEZ, D.

Area de Ecología, Dep. de Física, Fac. de Ciencias, Univ. de Extremadura, Badajoz, Espagne

MONGE, S.

Lab. de Dendrocronología e Historia Ambiental, IANIGLA-CCT-CONICET, Mendoza, Argentine

Description :
This paper is a detailed dendroclimatological study based on tree-ring width chronologies derived from sweet chestnut and Pyrenean oak trees sampled at their upper-altitudinal tree-growth limit in central-western Spain. The AA. explore and interpret the influence of climate conditions (temperature, precipitation, and NAO indices) on tree-ring development in an attempt to find out the sign and strength of the limiting climatic growth-controlling factor. These species have not been used previously to reconstruct the NAO variability from Iberia. Therefore the AA. assess the usefulness of these tree species for expanding the use of new tree-ring data in multi-proxy reconstructions of the NAO.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geografiska annaler. Series A. Physical geography, issn : 0435-3676, 2009, vol. 91, n°. 2, p. 141-157, nombre de pages : 17, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2009

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

Langue :
Anglais