Documentary data and the study of past droughts: a global state of the art

Brázdil, Rudolf; Kiss, Andrea; Luterbacher, Jürg; Nash, David J.; Řezníčková, Ladislava

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018

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Articles | Volume 14, issue 12

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11 Dec 2018

Review article |

| 11 Dec 2018

Documentary data and the study of past droughts: a global state of the art

Rudolf Brázdil, Andrea Kiss, Jürg Luterbacher, David J. Nash, and Ladislava Řezníčková

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Final revised paper (published on 11 Dec 2018)
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SC1: 'Complete manuscript with references about past drought in Europe', Henny A.J. Van Lanen, 28 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'SC1 response', Rudolf Brazdil, 30 Oct 2018
RC1: 'Review of 'documentary data and the study of past droughts'', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'RC1 response', Rudolf Brazdil, 30 Oct 2018
RC2: 'Review of Brazdil et al', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Oct 2018
- AC3: 'RC2 response', Rudolf Brazdil, 30 Oct 2018
RC3: 'Review to "Documentary data and the study of the past droughts: an overview of the state of the art worldwide"', Anonymous Referee #3, 23 Oct 2018
- AC4: 'RC3 response', Rudolf Brazdil, 30 Oct 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (06 Nov 2018) by Stefan Grab

AR by Rudolf Brazdil on behalf of the Authors (06 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (22 Nov 2018) by Stefan Grab

AR by Rudolf Brazdil on behalf of the Authors (23 Nov 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

The paper presents a worldwide state of the art of droughts fluctuations based on documentary data. It gives an overview of achievements related to different kinds of documentary evidence with their examples and an overview of papers presenting long-term drought chronologies over the individual continents, analysis of the most outstanding drought events, the influence of external forcing and large-scale climate drivers, and human impacts and responses. It recommends future research directions.