TY  - JOUR
A1  - Trauth, Martin H.
T1  - Spectral analysis in quaternary sciences
JF  - Quaternary science reviews : the international multidisciplinary research and review journal
N2  - Spectral analysis is a technique of time-series analysis that decomposes signals into linear combinations of harmonic components. Rooted in the 19th century, spectral analysis gained popularity in palaeoclimatology since the early 1980s. This was partly due to the availability of long time series of past climates, but also the development of new, partly adapted methods and the increasing spread of affordable personal computers. This paper reviews the most important methods of spectral analysis for palaeoclimate time series and discusses the prerequisites for their application as well as advantages and disadvantages. The paper also offers an overview of suitable software, as well as computer code for using the methods on synthetic examples.
KW  - Spectral analysis
KW  - Paleoclimate
KW  - Orbital forcing
KW  - MATLAB
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107157
SN  - 0277-3791
SN  - 1873-457X
VL  - 270
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  -