Surface temperature reconstructions for the last 2,000 years / Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate Change Science Program (U.S.).

Atmospheric temperature.

Greenhouse gases--Environmental aspects.

Greenhouse gases.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In response to a request from Congress, Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years assesses the state of scientific efforts to reconstruct surface temperature records for Earth during approximately the last 2,000 years and the implications of these efforts for our understanding of global climate change. Because widespread, reliable temperature records are available only for the last 150 years, scientists estimate temperatures in the more distant past by analyzing "proxy evidence," which includes tree rings, corals, ocean and lake sediments, cave deposits, ice cores, boreholes, and glaciers. Starting in the late 1990s, scientists began using sophisticated methods to combine proxy evidence from many different locations in an effort to estimate surface temperature changes during the last few hundred to few thousand years. This book is an important resource in helping to understand the intricacies of global climate change.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""Overview""; ""1 Introduction to Technical Chapters""; ""2 The Instrumental Record""; ""3 Documentary and Historical Evidence""; ""4 Tree Rings""; ""5 Marine, Lake, and Cave Proxies""; ""6 Ice Isotopes""; ""7 Glacier Length and Mass Balance Records""; ""8 Boreholes""; ""9 Statistical Background""; ""10 Climate Forcings and Climate Models""; ""11 Large-Scale Multiproxy Reconstruction Techniques""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Statement of Task""; ""B R Code for Figure 9-2""

""C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p.120-136).

ISBN:

9786610742400

9780309185820

0309185823

9781280742408

1280742402

9780309661447

0309661447

OCLC:

923276245