The Iceberg in the Mist: Northern Research in pursuit of a “Little Ice Age”

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Guest Editorial A.E.J. Ogilvie, T. Jonsson. Preface: The 'Little Ice Age': Local and Global Perspectives K.R. Briffa, P.D. Jones. 1: Introduction. 'Little Ice Age' research: a perspective from Iceland A.E.J. Ogilvie, T. Jonsson. 2: Palaeoclimatic Data Analyses. The initiation of the 'Little Ice Age' in regions around the North Atlantic J.M. Grove. Oceanographic change and terrestrial human impacts in a post A.D. 1400 sediment record from the southwest Iceland shelf A.E. Jennings, et al. The time period A.D. 1400-1980 in central Greenland ice cores in relation to the North Atlantic sector L.K. Barlow. The 'Little Ice Age' and its geomorphological consequences in Mediterranean Europe A.T. Grove. Is there an insect signal for the 'Little Ice Age'? P.C. Buckland, P.E. Wagner. Can lichenometry be used to date the 'Little Ice Age' glacial maximum in Iceland? M.P. Kirkbride, A.J. Dugmore. 3: Early Instrumental Observations. Early instrumental meteorological observations in Iceland T. Jonsson, H. Garoarsson. The Tallin temperature series reconstructed back half a millennium by use of proxy data A. Tarand, P.O. Nordli. Reconstruction of nineteenth century summer temperatures in Norway by proxy data from farmers' diaries P.O. Nordli. 4: Synoptic Climatology. Zonal indices for Europe 1780-1995 and running correlations with temperature J. Jacobeit, et al. 5: Human Dimensions. A quantitative assessment of buffers among temperature variations, livestock and the human population of Iceland, 1784-1900 D.E. Vasey.