The role of land cover in the climate of glacial Europe

Velasquez, Patricio; Kaplan, Jed O.; Messmer, Martina; Ludwig, Patrick; Raible, Christoph C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1161-2021

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1161-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1161-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 3

Research article

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14 Jun 2021

Research article |

| 14 Jun 2021

The role of land cover in the climate of glacial Europe

Patricio Velasquez, Jed O. Kaplan, Martina Messmer, Patrick Ludwig, and Christoph C. Raible

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Jun 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 21 Nov 2020)

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

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RC1: 'Ambitious model set up, but the analysis needs improvement', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Reply on RC1', Patricio Velasquez, 23 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Jan 2021
- AC1: 'Reply on RC2', Patricio Velasquez, 23 Feb 2021

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (10 Mar 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin

AR by Patricio Velasquez on behalf of the Authors (04 May 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 May 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (12 May 2021)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (17 May 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin

AR by Patricio Velasquez on behalf of the Authors (17 May 2021) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This study assesses the importance of resolution and land–atmosphere feedbacks for European climate. We performed an asynchronously coupled experiment that combined a global climate model (~ 100 km), a regional climate model (18 km), and a dynamic vegetation model (18 km). Modelled climate and land cover agree reasonably well with independent reconstructions based on pollen and other paleoenvironmental proxies. The regional climate is significantly influenced by land cover.