Central Europe, 1531–1540&thinsp;CE: The driest summer decade of the past five centuries?

Brázdil, Rudolf; Dobrovolný, Petr; Bauch, Martin; Camenisch, Chantal; Kiss, Andrea; Kotyza, Oldřich; Oliński, Piotr; Řezníčková, Ladislava

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2125-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2125-2020

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Droughts over centuries: what can documentary evidence tell...

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2125-2020

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Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

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09 Nov 2020

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| 09 Nov 2020

Central Europe, 1531–1540 CE: The driest summer decade of the past five centuries?

Rudolf Brázdil, Petr Dobrovolný, Martin Bauch, Chantal Camenisch, Andrea Kiss, Oldřich Kotyza, Piotr Oliński, and Ladislava Řezníčková

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RC1: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Aug 2020
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Previous studies related to historical droughts in the Czech Lands showed that the summers of 1531–1540 could represent the driest summer decade of the past 500 years. To confirm this hypothesis, documentary data from central Europe were collected and presented for individual summers and complemented by maps of precipitation and drought distribution to document corresponding weather patterns and their various impacts. The main droughts occurred in 1532, 1534–1536, 1538, and particularly in 1540.