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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-253-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut für Meteorologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
U. Cubasch
Institut für Meteorologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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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.
Our results show that state-of-the-art climate model simulations are able to capture...
