Introduction to the special issue "Climate of the past 2000 years: Regional and trans-regional syntheses"

Authors

Christian Turney, University of New South WalesFollow
Helen V. McGregor, University of WollongongFollow
Pierre Francus, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Nerilie J. Abram, Australian National University (ANU)Follow
Michael N. Evans, University of MarylandFollow
Hugues Goosse, Universite Catholique de Louvain
Lucien Von Gunten, PAGES International Science Office
Darrell S. Kaufman, Northern Arizona University
Hans W. Linderholm, Gothenburg University
Marie-France Loutre, PAGES International Science Office
Raphael Neukom, University of Bern

RIS ID

134667

Publication Details

Turney, C. S.M., McGregor, H. V., Francus, P., Abram, N., Evans, M. N., Goosse, H., von Gunten, L., Kaufman, D., Linderholm, H., Loutre, M. & Neukom, R. (2019). Introduction to the special issue "Climate of the past 2000 years: Regional and trans-regional syntheses". Climate of the Past, 15 (2), 611-615.

Abstract

This PAGES (Past Global Changes) 2k (climate of the past 2000 years working group) special issue of Climate of the Past brings together the latest understanding of regional change and impacts from PAGES 2k groups across a range of proxies and regions. The special issue has emerged from a need to determine the magnitude and rate of change of regional and global climate beyond the timescales accessible within the observational record. This knowledge also plays an important role in attribution studies and is fundamental to understanding the mechanisms and environmental and societal impacts of recent climate change. The scientific studies in the special issue reflect the urgent need to better understand regional differences from a truly global view around the PAGES themes of "Climate Variability, Modes and Mechanisms", "Methods and Uncertainties", and "Proxy and Model Understanding".