Climatic history of the northeastern United States during the past 3000 years

Marlon, Jennifer R.; Pederson, Neil; Nolan, Connor; Goring, Simon; Shuman, Bryan; Robertson, Ann; Booth, Robert; Bartlein, Patrick J.; Berke, Melissa A.; Clifford, Michael; Cook, Edward; Dieffenbacher-Krall, Ann; Dietze, Michael C.; Hessl, Amy; Hubeny, J. Bradford; Jackson, Stephen T.; Marsicek, Jeremiah; McLachlan, Jason; Mock, Cary J.; Moore, David J. P.; Nichols, Jonathan; Peteet, Dorothy; Schaefer, Kevin; Trouet, Valerie; Umbanhowar, Charles; Williams, John W.; Yu, Zicheng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1355-2017

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1355-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1355-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Research article

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13 Oct 2017

Research article |

| 13 Oct 2017

Climatic history of the northeastern United States during the past 3000 years

Jennifer R. Marlon, Neil Pederson, Connor Nolan, Simon Goring, Bryan Shuman, Ann Robertson, Robert Booth, Patrick J. Bartlein, Melissa A. Berke, Michael Clifford, Edward Cook, Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall, Michael C. Dietze, Amy Hessl, J. Bradford Hubeny, Stephen T. Jackson, Jeremiah Marsicek, Jason McLachlan, Cary J. Mock, David J. P. Moore, Jonathan Nichols, Dorothy Peteet, Kevin Schaefer, Valerie Trouet, Charles Umbanhowar, John W. Williams, and Zicheng Yu

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RC1: 'Comments and Suggestions', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Dec 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to Reviewer #1', J.R. Marlon, 24 Apr 2017
RC2: 'Comments on Climatic history of the northeastern United States during the past 3000 years', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Mar 2017
AC2: 'Reply to Referee #2', J.R. Marlon, 25 Apr 2017

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 Apr 2017) by Zhengtang Guo

AR by J.R. Marlon on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Jul 2017) by Zhengtang Guo

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (28 Jul 2017)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (28 Jul 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Aug 2017) by Zhengtang Guo

AR by J.R. Marlon on behalf of the Authors (10 Aug 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

To improve our understanding of paleoclimate in the northeastern (NE) US, we compiled data from pollen, tree rings, lake levels, testate amoeba from bogs, and other proxies from the last 3000 years. The paleoclimate synthesis supports long-term cooling until the 1800s and reveals an abrupt transition from wet to dry conditions around 550–750 CE. Evidence suggests the region is now becoming warmer and wetter, but more calibrated data are needed, especially to capture multidecadal variability.