Climate: past ranges and future changes
Abstract
Comparison of large-scale temperature reconstructions over the past millennium reveals agreement on major climatic episodes, but substantial divergence in reconstructed (absolute) temperature amplitude. We here detail several research priorities to overcome this 'amplitude desideratum', and discuss the relevance of this effort for the prediction of future temperature changes and the meaning of the Kyoto protocol.
- Publication:
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Quaternary Science Reviews
- Pub Date:
- November 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.001
- Bibcode:
- 2005QSRv...24.2164E