Evaluating model outputs using integrated global speleothem records of climate change since the last glacial

Comas-Bru, Laia; Harrison, Sandy P.; Werner, Martin; Rehfeld, Kira; Scroxton, Nick; Veiga-Pires, Cristina; SISAL working group members,

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1557-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

Clim. Past, 15, 1557–1579, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1557-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Clim. Past, 15, 1557–1579, 2019

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1557-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 4

Research article 09 Aug 2019

Research article | 09 Aug 2019

Evaluating model outputs using integrated global speleothem records of climate change since the last glacial

Laia Comas-Bru et al.

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'V-PDB to V-SMOW conversion', Attila Demény, 07 Mar 2019
- AC1: 'Answer to comment on 'V-PDB to V-SMOW conversion'', Laia Comas-Bru, 03 Apr 2019
RC1: 'Review of the article by Comas-Bru et al', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Mar 2019
- AC4: 'Author reply to Anonymous Referee #1', Laia Comas-Bru, 25 Apr 2019
RC2: 'cp-2019-25 “Evaluating model outputs using integrated global speleothem records of climate change since the last glacial”', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Author reply to Anonymous Referee #2', Laia Comas-Bru, 25 Apr 2019
RC3: 'Review comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 18 Apr 2019
- AC3: 'Author reply to Anonymous Referee #3', Laia Comas-Bru, 25 Apr 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 May 2019) by Zhengtang Guo

AR by Laia Comas-Bru on behalf of the Authors (17 Jun 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Jul 2019) by Zhengtang Guo

Short summary

We use an updated version of the Speleothem Isotopes Synthesis and Analysis (SISAL) database and palaeoclimate simulations generated using the ECHAM5-wiso isotope-enabled climate model to provide a protocol for using speleothem isotopic data for model evaluation, including screening the observations and the optimum period for the modern observational baseline. We also illustrate techniques through which the absolute isotopic values during any time period could be used for model evaluation.