@article{Raden-crossdating-2019,
author = {Raden, Martin and Mattheis, Alexander and Kahle, Hans-Peter and Spiecker, Heinrich and Backofen, Rolf},
title = {The potential of intra-annual density information for crossdating of short tree-ring series},
journal = {Dendrochronologia},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1016/j.dendro.2020.125679},
volume = {60},
user = {mmann},
pages = {125679},
number = {},
issn = {1125-7865},
abstract = {The crossdating of tree-ring series is typically based on 
            tree-ring width sequences, which is a crude abstraction of the growth signal stored in tree rings.
            In contrast, intra-annual wood density data allows a much more detailed comparison of wood growth processes
            and new measurement techniques scale well to measure large amounts of samples.
            Thus, chronologies of intra-annual densitometric curves can be built.
            Here, we investigate to what extent intra-annual wood density information can improve crossdating.
            We evaluate different approaches on a data set of Norway spruce trees (Picea abies) and compare the results to 
            standard methods that are based on ring width or maximum density.
            Our results show that intra-annual densitometric data indeed increases
            crossdating success rate notably for short tree ring series
            that cover less than 25 years.}
}