Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Overview; 4 1 Introduction to Technical Chapters; 5 2 The Instrumental Record; 6 3 Documentary and Historical Evidence; 7 4 Tree Rings; 8 5 Marine, Lake, and Cave Proxies; 9 6 Ice Isotopes; 10 7 Glacier Length and Mass Balance Records; 11 8 Boreholes; 12 9 Statistical Background; 13 10 Climate Forcings and Climate Models; 14 11 Large-Scale Multiproxy Reconstruction Techniques; 15 References; 16 Appendix A: Statement of Task; 17 Appendix B: R Code for Figure 9-2; 18 Appendix C: Biosketches of Committee Members

About the Author

Committee on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years, National Research Council