A comparison of model simulations of Asian mega-droughts during the past millennium with proxy reconstructions

Fallah, B.; Cubasch, U.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-253-2015

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-253-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-253-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

Research article

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17 Feb 2015

Research article |

| 17 Feb 2015

A comparison of model simulations of Asian mega-droughts during the past millennium with proxy reconstructions

B. Fallah and U. Cubasch

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RC C1425: 'Comments to be seen by the authors', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Sep 2014
- AC C1501: 'A comparison of model simulations of Asian mega-droughts during the past millennium with proxy reconstructions', Bijan Fallah, 19 Sep 2014
RC C2017: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Dec 2014
- AC C2027: 'Answer to reviewer 2', Bijan Fallah, 04 Dec 2014

Short summary

Our results show that state-of-the-art climate model simulations are able to capture historically recorded Asian monsoon failures during the past millennium at the right time and with a comparable spatial distribution. During the Little Ice Age, both model and proxy reconstructions point to fewer monsoon failures. The results suggest an influential impact of volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere-ocean interactions throughout the past millennium.