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Jan Esper[1] is the head of the dendro sciences division at the WSL (Wald Snee und Landschafft - en:Forest, Snow and Landscape) division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). His research interests are Global Climate Change, Palaeoclimatology and Vegetation Dynamics.
His research has been part of the Hockey stick controversy with his temperature reconstructions, that have been cited as being evidence for both sides of the controversy.
[edit] Academic Career
[edit] Selected Publications
- Juckes, M.N.; M.R. Allen & Keith R. Briffa et al., "Millennial temperature reconstruction intercomparison and evaluation", Climate of the Past Discussions 2 (5): 1001-1049
- Esper, Jan; Robert J.S. Wilson & David C. Frank et al. (2005), "Climate: past ranges and future changes", Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (20-21): 2164-2166, DOI:10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.001
- Esper, Jan; Edward R. Cook & Fritz H. Schweingruber (2002), "Low-frequency signals in long tree-ring chronologies and the reconstruction of past temperature variability.", Science 295 (5563): 2250-2253, DOI:10.1126/science.1066208
- Esper, Jan; David C.. Frank & Robert J.S. Wilson (2004), "Climate Reconstructions: Low-Frequency Ambition and High-Frequency Ratification", EOS 85 (12): 113-120, DOI:10.1029/2004EO120002
[edit] References
- ^ Homepage of Jan Esper. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
[edit] External Links
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