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This study reconstructed the distribution of minimum July temperature from annual ring widths in the southwest of Japan. The estimated temperature distribution was about 1°C lower than the measured temperature distribution when the actual temperatures were high, but was about 1°C higher when the actual temperatures were low. In other words, the fluctuation range of the estimated temperatures was smaller than that of the actual temperatures. However, the two distributions tended to match the mean temperature. Reconstruction of the spatial distribution of the past climate will be possible if old tree-ring samples (more than 200 years) are obtained from many sites.
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Takechi, N. Reconstruction of the past temperature distribution in Southwest Japan from annual ring width. J For Res 10, 367–372 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-005-0146-y
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