In Memoriam: Keith R. Briffa, 1952–2017

Timothy J. Osborn; Philip D. Jones; Edward R. Cook

doi:10.1177/0959683618782591

In Memoriam: Keith R. Briffa, 1952–2017

Timothy J. Osborn, Philip D. Jones, Edward R. Cook

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Keith R. Briffa was one of the most influential palaeoclimatologists of the last 30 years. His primary research interests lay in Late-Holocene climate change with a geographical emphasis on northern Eurasia. His greatest impact was in the field of dendroclimatology, a field that he helped to shape. His contributions have been seminal to the development of sound methods for tree-ring analysis and in their proper application to allow the interpretation of climate variability from tree rings. This led to the development of many important records that allow us to understand natural climate variability on timescales from years to millennia and to set recent climatic trends in their historical context.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1549-1553
Number of pages	5
Journal	The Holocene
Volume	28
Issue number	10
Early online date	4 Jul 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683618782591
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2018

Keywords

climate change
dendrochronology
Holocene
palaeoclimate
tree rings

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Philip Jones
- P.Jonesuea.acuk
- School of Environmental Sciences - Emeritus Professor
- Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences - Member
- Climatic Research Unit - Member
- ClimateUEA - Member
Person: Honorary, Member, Research Group Member
Timothy Osborn
- T.Osbornuea.acuk
- School of Environmental Sciences - Professor of Climate Science
- Water Security Research Centre - Member
- Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences - Member
- Climatic Research Unit - Member
- ClimateUEA - Member
Person: Research Group Member, Research Centre Member, Academic, Teaching & Research

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In Memoriam: Keith R. Briffa, 1952–2017

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