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Qin, Chun, Yang, Bao, Melvin, Thomas M., Fan, Zexin, Zhao, Yan and Briffa, Keith R. (2013) Radial Growth of Qilian Juniper on the Northeast Tibetan Plateau and Potential Climate Associations. PLoS ONE, 8 (11). e79362. ISSN 1932-6203

Barichivich, Jonathan, Briffa, Keith R., Myneni, Ranga B., Osborn, Timothy J., Melvin, Thomas M., Ciais, Philippe, Piao, Shilong and Tucker, Compton (2013) Large-scale variations in the vegetation growing season and annual cycle of atmospheric CO2 at high northern latitudes from 1950 to 2011. Global Change Biology, 19 (10). pp. 3167-3183. ISSN 13541013

Briffa, Keith R., Melvin, Thomas M., Osborn, Timothy J., Hantemirov, Rashit M., Kirdyanov, Alexander V., Mazepa, Valeriy S., Shiyatov, Stepan G. and Esper, Jan (2013) Reassessing the evidence for tree-growth and inferred temperature change during the Common Era in Yamalia, northwest Siberia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 72. pp. 83-107. ISSN 02773791

Yang, Bao, He, Minhui, Melvin, Thomas M., Zhao, Yan and Briffa, Keith R. (2013) Climate Control on Tree Growth at the Upper and Lower Treelines: A Case Study in the Qilian Mountains, Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE, 8 (7). e69065. ISSN 1932-6203

Jones, P. D, Melvin, T. M., Harpham, C., Grudd, H. and Helama, S. (2013) Cool North European summers and possible links to explosive volcanic eruptions. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 118 (12). pp. 6259-6265. ISSN 2169897X

Melvin, Thomas M. and Briffa, Keith R. (2013) CRUST: Software for the implementation of Regional Chronology Standardisation: Part 1. Signal-Free RCS. Dendrochronologia. ISSN 11257865 (In Press)

Anchukaitis, Kevin J., Breitenmoser, Petra, Briffa, Keith R., Buchwal, Agata, Büntgen, Ulf, Cook, Edward R., D'arrigo, Rosanne D., Esper, Jan, Evans, Michael N., Frank, David, Grudd, Håkan, Gunnarson, Björn E., Hughes, Malcolm K., Kirdyanov, Alexander V., Körner, Christian, Krusic, Paul J., Luckman, Brian, Melvin, Thomas M., Salzer, Matthew W., Shashkin, Alexander V., Timmreck, Claudia, Vaganov, Eugene A. and Wilson, Rob J. S. (2012) Tree rings and volcanic cooling. Nature Geoscience, 5 (12). pp. 836-837. ISSN 1752-0894

Barichivich, J, Briffa, KR, Osborn, TJ, Melvin, TM and Caesar, J (2012) Thermal growing season and timing of biospheric carbon uptake across the Northern Hemisphere. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26 (4). ISSN 0886-6236

Cooper, RJ, Melvin, TM, Tyers, I, Wilson, RJS and Briffa, KR (2012) A tree-ring reconstruction of East Anglian (UK) hydroclimate variability over the last millennium. Climate Dynamics. pp. 1-21.

Melvin, T, Grudd, H and Briffa, KR (2012) Potential bias in 'updating' tree-ring chronologies using regional curve standardisation: Re-processing 1500 years of Tornetrask density and ring-width data. The Holocene. ISSN 0959-6836

Wilson, RJS, Miles, D, Loader, DJ, Melvin, TM, Cunningham, L, Cooper, RJ and Briffa, KR (2012) A millennial long March-July precipitation reconstruction for southern-central England. Climate Dynamics. pp. 1-21.

Nicolussi, K, Kaufmann, M, Melvin, TM, van der Plicht, J, Schiebling, P and Thurner, A (2009) A 9111 year long conifer tree-ring chronoly for the European Alps: a base for environmental and climatic investigations. The Holocene, 19. pp. 909-920.

Briffa, KR, Shishov, VV, Melvin, TM, Vaganov, EA, Grudd, H, Hantemirov, RM, Eronen, M and Naurzbaev, MM (2008) Trends in recent temperature and radial tree growth spanning 2000 years across northwest Eurasia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363 (1501). pp. 2269-2282. ISSN 0962-8436

Larsen, LB, Vinther, BM, Briffa, KR, Melvin, TM, Clausen, HB, Jones, PD, Siggaard-Andersen, M-L, Hammer, CU, Eronen, M, Grudd, H, Gunnarson, BE, Hantemirov, RM, Naurzbaev, MM and Nicolussi, K (2008) New ice core evidence for a volcanic cause of the A.D. 536 dust veil. Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (4).

Melvin, TM and Briffa, KR (2008) A "signal-free" approach to dendroclimatic standardisation. Dendrochronologia, 26 (2). pp. 71-86.

Leal, S, Melvin, TM, Grabner, M, Wimmer, R and Briffa, KR (2007) Tree-ring growth variability in the Austrian Alps: The influence of site, altitude, tree species and climate. Boreas, 36. pp. 426-440. ISSN 0300-9483

Melvin, TM, Briffa, KR, Nicolussi, K and Grabner, M (2007) Time-varying-response smoothing. Dendrochronologia, 25. pp. 65-79.

Book Section

Briffa, KR and Melvin, TM (2011) A closer look at Regional Curve Standardisation of tree-ring records: justification of the need, a warning of some pitfalls, and suggested improvements in its application. In: Dendroclimatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer Verlag, pp. 113-145.