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Testing the Fidelity of Climate Reconstruction Methods
Two methods of different complexity are compared
Mann et al., in a recently published paper, reconstructed past climate histories using the two most common techiques for processing "proxy" climate data. Climate Field Reconstruction (CFR, well suited for spatial patterns) and Composite-Plus-Scale (CPS, with a simpler statistical procedure) methods are used in this study. Results are tested for long-term fidelity against climate model simulations.
This paper was featured as a "Editor's Choice" in Science and a "Paper of Note" in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Mann, M.E., Rutherford, S., Wahl, E., Ammann, C., Testing the Fidelity of Methods Used in Proxy-based Reconstructions of Past Climate, Journal of Climate, 18, 4097-4107, 2005.