Articles | Volume 16, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-699-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-699-2020
Research article
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06 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 06 Apr 2020

A new multivariable benchmark for Last Glacial Maximum climate simulations

Sean F. Cleator, Sandy P. Harrison, Nancy K. Nichols, I. Colin Prentice, and Ian Roulstone

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Oct 2019) by Masa Kageyama
AR by Sandy Harrison on behalf of the Authors (02 Oct 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Nov 2019) by Masa Kageyama
AR by Sandy Harrison on behalf of the Authors (20 Nov 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript

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AA by Sean Cleator on behalf of the Authors (23 Mar 2020)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (01 Apr 2020) by Masa Kageyama
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Short summary
We present geographically explicit reconstructions of seasonal temperature and annual moisture variables at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), 21 000 years ago. The reconstructions use existing site-based estimates of climate, interpolated in space and time in a physically consistent way using climate model simulations. The reconstructions give a much better picture of the LGM climate and will provide a robust evaluation of how well state-of-the-art climate models simulate large climate changes.