Experiments based on blue intensity for reconstructing North Pacific temperatures along the Gulf of Alaska

Wilson, Rob; D'Arrigo, Rosanne; Andreu-Hayles, Laia; Oelkers, Rose; Wiles, Greg; Anchukaitis, Kevin; Davi, Nicole

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1007-2017

Articles | Volume 13, issue 8

Clim. Past, 13, 1007–1022, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1007-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Clim. Past, 13, 1007–1022, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1007-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 8

Research article 16 Aug 2017

Research article | 16 Aug 2017

Experiments based on blue intensity for reconstructing North Pacific temperatures along the Gulf of Alaska

Rob Wilson et al.

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RC1: 'Comments to the manuscript “Blue Intensity based experiments for reconstructing North Pacific temperatures along the Gulf of Alaska“', Jesper Björklund, 24 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'response to Reviewer 1', Rob Wilson, 01 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript “Blue Intensity based experiments for reconstructing North Pacific temperatures along the Gulf of Alaska"', Milos Rydval, 09 May 2017
- AC2: 'response to reviewer 2', Rob Wilson, 01 Jun 2017

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (05 Jun 2017) by Hans Linderholm

AR by Rob Wilson on behalf of the Authors (16 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (26 Jun 2017) by Hans Linderholm

Short summary

Blue intensity shows great potential for reconstructing past summer temperatures from conifer trees growing at high latitude or the treeline. However, conifer species that express a strong colour difference between the heartwood and sapwood can impart a long-term trend bias in the resultant reconstructions. Herein, we highlight this issue using eight mountain hemlock sites across the Gulf of Alaska and explore how a non-biased reconstruction of past temperature could be derived using such data.