Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1845-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1845-2019
Research article
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16 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 16 Oct 2019

Centennial-scale precipitation anomalies in the southern Altiplano (18° S) suggest an extratropical driver for the South American summer monsoon during the late Holocene

Ignacio A. Jara, Antonio Maldonado, Leticia González, Armand Hernández, Alberto Sáez, Santiago Giralt, Roberto Bao, and Blas Valero-Garcés

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Aug 2019) by Hans Linderholm
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The South American summer monsoon (SASM) is the most important climate system of South America. However, little is known about its long-term variability. Here we present a new SASM reconstruction from Lago Chungará in the southern Altiplano (18°S). We show important changes in SASM precipitation at timescales of centuries. Our results suggest that SASM variability was controlled not only by tropical climates but was also influenced by precipitation outside the tropics.