Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1751-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-1751-2017
Research article
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30 Nov 2017
Research article |  | 30 Nov 2017

Multi-century cool- and warm-season rainfall reconstructions for Australia's major climatic regions

Mandy Freund, Benjamin J. Henley, David J. Karoly, Kathryn J. Allen, and Patrick J. Baker

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (31 Jul 2017) by Hans Linderholm
AR by Mandy Freund on behalf of the Authors (23 Aug 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (01 Sep 2017) by Hans Linderholm
RR by Björn E. Gunnarson (01 Sep 2017)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (06 Sep 2017)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (29 Sep 2017) by Hans Linderholm
AR by Mandy Freund on behalf of the Authors (17 Oct 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (17 Oct 2017) by Hans Linderholm
AR by Mandy Freund on behalf of the Authors (18 Oct 2017)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
To understand how climate change will influence Australian rainfall we must first understand the long-term context of droughts and floods. We reconstruct warm and cool season rainfall in Australia's eight major climatic regions for several centuries into the past, building the clearest picture yet of long-term rainfall variability across the Australian continent. We find recent rainfall increases in the warm season in the north, and declines in the cool season in the south, to be highly unusual.