A subfield of dendrochronology, which investigates the climatic effect on tree growth, and uses dated tree rings to reconstruct and study past and present climate.

The use of tree rings to study and reconstruct the past and present climate.

See dendrochronology.

Dendroclimatology is the science in which tree rings are studied to determine climate changes in the past.

Dendroclimatology is the science of extracting past climate information from information in trees. Initial work focused on measuring the tree ring width - this is simple to measure and can be related to climate parameters. But the annual growth of the tree leaves other traces, and in particular maximum latewood density is generally found to be a better indicator of temperature than ring width.