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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1469-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1469-2020
Research article
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11 Aug 2020
Research article |  | 11 Aug 2020

A spectral approach to estimating the timescale-dependent uncertainty of paleoclimate records – Part 1: Theoretical concept

Torben Kunz, Andrew M. Dolman, and Thomas Laepple

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This paper introduces a method to estimate the uncertainty of climate reconstructions from single sediment proxy records. The method can compute uncertainties as a function of averaging timescale, thereby accounting for the fact that some components of the uncertainty are autocorrelated in time. This is achieved by treating the problem in the spectral domain. Fully analytic expressions are derived. A companion paper (Part 2) complements this with application-oriented examples of the method.
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