Dendroclimatic Studies

A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent andlong-term data to support analyses of historical patterns andtrends, and for model development and evaluation. Along withdirectly measured climate data from the present and recent past, itis important to obtain estimates of long past climate variationsspanning multiple centuries and millennia.
Dendroclimatic Studies at the North American TreeLine presents an overview of the current state ofdendroclimatology, its contributions over the past few decades, andits future potential. The material included is not useful not onlyto those who generate tree-ring records of pastclimate-dendroclimatologists, but also to users of theirresults-climatologists, hydrologists, ecologists andarcheologists.
In summary, this book:
* Sheds light on recent and future climate trends by assessinglong term past climatic variations from tree rings
* Is a timely coverage of a crucial topic in climate scienceportraying recent warming trends which are of serious concerntoday
* Features well-reputed scientists highlighting new advancedmethodologies to reconstruct past climate change
* Models the tree growth environmental response