Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-653-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-653-2018
Research article
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24 May 2018
Research article |  | 24 May 2018

Decreasing Indian summer monsoon on the northern Indian sub-continent during the last 180 years: evidence from five tree-ring cellulose oxygen isotope chronologies

Chenxi Xu, Masaki Sano, Ashok Priyadarshan Dimri, Rengaswamy Ramesh, Takeshi Nakatsuka, Feng Shi, and Zhengtang Guo

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (18 Jul 2017) by Michael Evans
AR by Masaki Sano on behalf of the Authors (02 Sep 2017)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Oct 2017) by Michael Evans
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Oct 2017)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (06 Nov 2017)
RR by Richard Fiorella (08 Nov 2017)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (09 Nov 2017)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (04 Dec 2017) by Michael Evans
AR by Masaki Sano on behalf of the Authors (26 Jan 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (29 Jan 2018) by Michael Evans
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (23 Feb 2018)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (05 Apr 2018) by Michael Evans
AR by Masaki Sano on behalf of the Authors (12 Apr 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Apr 2018) by Michael Evans
AR by Masaki Sano on behalf of the Authors (24 Apr 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
We have constructed a regional tree ring cellulose oxygen isotope record using a total of five chronologies obtained from the Himalaya. Centennial changes in the regional tree ring record indicate a trend of weakened Indian summer monsoon (ISM) intensity since 1820. Decreasing ISM activity is also observed in various high-resolution ISM records from southwest China and Southeast Asia, and may be the result of reduced land–ocean thermal contrasts since 1820.