%0 journal article %@ 0037-8720 %A Zorita, E., Storch, H.v. %D 2005 %J Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana %P 794-801 %T Methodical aspects of reconstructing non-local historical temperatures %U %X The performance of two methods to reconstruct Northern Hemisphere temperature histories of the past millennium is analyzed by applying them to the known development of an extended climate model simulation. The MBH-method underestimates lowfrequency variability significantly, whereas Moberg’s method operates satisfactorily. Some caveats apply.