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dc.contributor.authorEsper, Jan
dc.contributor.authorCook, Edward R.
dc.contributor.authorKrusic, Paul J.
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorSchweingruber, Fritz H.
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-13T19:39:49Z
dc.date.available2012-12-13T19:39:49Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationEsper, J., Cook, E.R., Krusic, P.J., Peters, K., Schweingruber, F.H. 2003. Tests of the RCS method for preserving low-frequency variability in long tree-ring chronologies. Tree-Ring Research 59(2):81-98.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2162-4585
dc.identifier.issn1536-1098
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/262573
dc.description.abstractTo preserve multi-centennial length variability in annual tree-ring chronologies, the Regional Curve Standardization (RCS) method calculates anomalies from a regionally common, non-climatic age-trend function. The influence of various factors on the estimation of the regional curve (RC) and resulting RCS- chronology is discussed. These factors are: the method of calculating anomalies from the age-trend function, estimation of the true pith offset, the number of series used, species composition, and site characteristics. By applying RCS to a collection of millennium-length tree-ring data sets, the potential and limitations of the RCS method are investigated. RCS is found to be reasonably robust with respect to tested factors, suggesting the method is a suitable tool for preserving low-frequency variance in long tree-ring chronologies.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTree-Ring Societyen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.treeringsociety.orgen_US
dc.rightsCopyright © Tree-Ring Society. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.subjectDendrochronologyen_US
dc.subjectTree Ringsen_US
dc.subjectDendroclimatologyen_US
dc.subjectRCS Methoden_US
dc.subjectLow Frequencyen_US
dc.subjectLong-Term Chronologyen_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.titleTests of the RCS Method for Preserving Low-Frequency Variability in Long Tree-Ring Chronologiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSwiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerlanden_US
dc.contributor.departmentTree-Ring Laboratory, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NYen_US
dc.identifier.journalTree-Ring Researchen_US
dc.description.collectioninformationThis item is part of the Tree-Ring Research (formerly Tree-Ring Bulletin) archive. It was digitized from a physical copy provided by the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research at The University of Arizona. For more information about this peer-reviewed scholarly journal, please email the Editor of Tree-Ring Research at editor@treeringsociety.org.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-06-26T09:30:37Z
html.description.abstractTo preserve multi-centennial length variability in annual tree-ring chronologies, the Regional Curve Standardization (RCS) method calculates anomalies from a regionally common, non-climatic age-trend function. The influence of various factors on the estimation of the regional curve (RC) and resulting RCS- chronology is discussed. These factors are: the method of calculating anomalies from the age-trend function, estimation of the true pith offset, the number of series used, species composition, and site characteristics. By applying RCS to a collection of millennium-length tree-ring data sets, the potential and limitations of the RCS method are investigated. RCS is found to be reasonably robust with respect to tested factors, suggesting the method is a suitable tool for preserving low-frequency variance in long tree-ring chronologies.


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