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Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1987-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1987-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 5
Research article
 | 
30 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 30 Oct 2020

Wet–dry status change in global closed basins between the mid-Holocene and the Last Glacial Maximum and its implication for future projection

Xinzhong Zhang, Yu Li, Wangting Ye, Simin Peng, Yuxin Zhang, Hebin Liu, Yichan Li, Qin Han, and Lingmei Xu

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-1987-2020-supplement

Data sets

HydroBASINS Version 1.0 WWF https://www.hydrosheds.org/page/hydrobasins

Paleoclimatology Datasets NOAA https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets

ESGF@DOE/LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory https://esgf-node.llnl.gov/projects/esgf-llnl/

High-resolution gridded datasets (and derived products) Climatic Research Unit https://crudata.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/hrg/

Climate Indices: Monthly Atmospheric and Ocean Time-Series Physical Sciences Laboratory https://psl.noaa.gov/data/climateindices/list/

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Short summary
Many closed-basin lakes are now drying, causing water crisis in hinterlands; however, many were much wetter in a similar warm world 6000 years ago. Why do they respond differently and will it be wetter or drier? We assess the wet–dry status and mechanism at different timescales and suggest that moisture change in the past and future warm periods are controlled by summer and winter precipitation, respectively. Diversified responses in different closed basins need a more resilient strategy.
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