MONOSTAR

Temperature reconstructions are key to evaluate natural climate variability and forcing. Tree-rings suffer from a recent loss of signal strength, often referred to as the divergence problem which calls into question the ability to reconstruct historical warm periods.

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Divergence hypothesis cannot be tested as no tree-ring network covering the past three decades and including all age classes is available, and no forward model exists that produces maximum density chronologies and individual ontogenetic trends.