Whispering Giants Part 2/2 - Dendroclimatology

Dr Anthony Fowler discusses the use of tree rings as a proxy for the El Nino Southern Oscillation.

The research discussed here has been published in two recent papers, available by clicking the link.

Fowler, A.M., Boswijk, G., Gergis, J. and Lorrey, A. (2008). ENSO history recorded in Agathis australis (Kauri) tree-rings Part A: Kauri's potential as an ENSO proxy. International Journal of Climatology 28(1):1-20.

Available at http://joellegergis.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/fowler-et-al-2007.pdf


Fowler, A.M. (2008). ENSO history recorded in Agathis australis (Kauri) tree-rings Part B: 423 years of ENSO robustness. International Journal of Climatology 28(1):21-35.

Available at http://joellegergis.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/fowler-2008.pdf

See also
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10422050

Category:

Education

Tags:

• dendroclimatology
• kauri
• agathis
• australis
• palaeoclimatology

[Largesoftprunes]

i may be completely wrong in saying this but wasnt there the medieval warm period 700 years ago approx? hence explaining the high activity on the graph at 6:40

[nickleus1977]

really interesting, thanks for posting =)

[DADABallerina]

Cool video! Thanks for making!

Too bad this English is halfways not understandable :S

But I am still trying hard..^^

[pakgin87]

he's restained from the principles.

[creari]

not sure what those quotes at the end had to do with it, but nice vid

[mattador4828]

cool vid 5 stars