Paleoclimate Reconstructions
Overview
Broad introduction to some
applications in the field of paleoclimate
reconstructions (two key issues: Global Warming is different
from Natural Variability; Problem of a trend in the observational
record and its impact on reconstructions)
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¥Hemispheric Climate : Energy balance
dominates
¥Need and potential advantages of
spatial information
¥The big promise É
¥ É and its demise
¥Overcoming some barriers before the
Phoenix can rise again? Questions for Statisticians: how to best reconstruct
past natural patterns, how to isolate forced variations from
noise.