Sentences with phrase «growth as a proxy for temperature»

In other words, can we rely on tree - ring growth as a proxy for temperature?

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Consequently, tree - ring width and tree - ring density, both indicators of tree growth, serve as useful proxies for temperature.

But for years prior to that, scientists can only infer temperatures using what's called «proxies,» such as ice cores or tree rings, whose annual growth can be correlated with annual temperature variations.

Mr McIntyre: Im sorry that this commenter's language was too intemperate... However, the use of tree rings as a proxy for temperature, when one can not control for the myriad of other factors that influence tree growth, brings into question the entire enterprise, no?

I will clarify — the tree growth had been a function of temperature, as that was the limiting factor, for the length of the proxy, as confirmed by other proxies from that area such as boreholes.

Then the assumption of quasi-linearity is not true, and considering the growth rate as a proxy for temperature is not valid, and the proxy shouldn't be used.