Dendrochronology, the study of tree-rings, is a broad field in which annual growth layers in trees are used to explore important questions in a variety of disciplines, including archaeology, climatology, ecology, geomorphology, forest science and many others. This intensive 3-week short course, offered by the laboratory where the field was founded, provides an introduction to the climatological applications of dendrochronology.

Dendroclimatology will place tree rings as natural archives of climate fluctuation in the context of interannual to millennial fluctuations in climate, and of other sources of evidence. The development of tree-ring records for use in the development of climate reconstructions, and the testing and use of such reconstructions will be covered by a mixture of lectures, discussions, practical exercises and student presentations.

Rebecca Franklin rebecca@ltrr.arizona.edu, office hours by arrangement during course.