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20 Jul 2021
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Northern Hemisphere atmospheric pattern enhancing Eastern Mediterranean Transient-type events during the past 1000 years
Aleix Cortina-Guerra
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental
Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific
Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Juan José Gomez-Navarro
Department of Physics, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Belen Martrat
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental
Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific
Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Juan Pedro Montávez
Department of Physics, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
Alessandro Incarbona
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare, Università di
Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Joan O. Grimalt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental
Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific
Research (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Marie-Alexandrine Sicre
Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Université Paris
06)-CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN Laboratory, Paris, France
P. Graham Mortyn
Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
Department of Geography, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona,
Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Subject: Climate Modelling | Archive: Historical Records | Timescale: Holocene
Possible impact of the 43 BCE Okmok volcanic eruption in Alaska on the climate of China as revealed in historical documents
Asymmetric changes in temperature in the Arctic during the Holocene based on a transient run with the Community Earth System Model (CESM)
On the economic impact of droughts in central Europe: the decade from 1531 to 1540 from the Polish perspective
The blue suns of 1831: was the eruption of Ferdinandea, near Sicily, one of the largest volcanic climate forcing events of the nineteenth century?
Synergy of the westerly winds and monsoons in the lake evolution of global closed basins since the Last Glacial Maximum and implications for hydrological change in central Asia
A regional climate palaeosimulation for Europe in the period 1500–1990 – Part 2: Shortcomings and strengths of models and reconstructions
Simulated climate variability in the region of Rapa Nui during the last millennium
Pao K. Wang, Elaine Kuan-Hui Lin, Yu-Shiuan Lin, Chung-Rui Lee, Ho-Jiunn Lin, Ching-Wen Chen, and Pi-Ling Pai
Clim. Past, 20, 1513–1520, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1513-2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-1513-2024, 2024
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We provide detailed translations of some abnormal meteorological conditions in 43–33 BCE described in Chinese historical documents possibly related to the Okmok volcanic eruption in Alaska in early 43 BCE. The cold summer record and the abnormal color and low brightness of the sun point to the clear link to the volcanic impact. The reported duration for the visual condition of the sun to return to normal should be useful for researchers modeling the volcanic impact on climate.
Hongyue Zhang, Jesper Sjolte, Zhengyao Lu, Jian Liu, Weiyi Sun, and Lingfeng Wan
Clim. Past, 19, 665–680, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-665-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-665-2023, 2023
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Based on proxy data and modeling, the Arctic temperature has an asymmetric cooling trend with more cooling over the Atlantic Arctic than the Pacific Arctic during the Holocene, dominated by orbital forcing. There is a seasonal difference in the asymmetric cooling trend, which is dominated by the DJF (December, January, and February) temperature variability. The Arctic dipole mode of sea level pressure and sea ice play a major role in asymmetric temperature changes.
Tomasz Związek, Piotr Guzowski, Radosław Poniat, Maciej T. Radomski, Monika Kozłowska-Szyc, Tomasz Panecki, Sandra Słowińska, Bogusława Kruczkowska, Michał Targowski, and Dagmara Adamska
Clim. Past, 18, 1541–1561, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1541-2022, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1541-2022, 2022
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We wanted to take an in-depth look at how climate events affected the economy of early modern Poland. We focused on analysing all available sources of a fiscal nature for this period. In addition, we analysed available materials on the export of primary agricultural products. Our results have shown that the economic system in Poland at that time coped effectively with periodic droughts, and it was only the great drought of 1540 that significantly shook the state's economy.
Christopher Garrison, Christopher Kilburn, David Smart, and Stephen Edwards
Clim. Past, 17, 2607–2632, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2607-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2607-2021, 2021
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An unidentified eruption in 1831 was one of the largest volcanic climate forcing events of the nineteenth century. We use reported observations of a blue sun to reconstruct the transport of an aerosol plume from that eruption and, hence, identify it as the 1831 eruption of Ferdinandea, near Sicily. We propose that, although it was only a modest eruption, its volcanic plume was enriched with sulfur from sedimentary deposits and that meteorological conditions helped it reach the stratosphere.
Yu Li and Yuxin Zhang
Clim. Past, 16, 2239–2254, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2239-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2239-2020, 2020
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Monsoons and westerly winds interact with each other in the middle to low latitudes. We track millennial-scale evolution characteristics of monsoons and westerly winds over the past 21 000 years. In the monsoon-dominated regions of Asia, a humid climate prevails in the past 6000–10 000 years, while in the westerly-wind-dominated regions of Asia, the climate is relatively humid around 21 000 years and 6000 years ago.
J. J. Gómez-Navarro, O. Bothe, S. Wagner, E. Zorita, J. P. Werner, J. Luterbacher, C. C. Raible, and J. P Montávez
Clim. Past, 11, 1077–1095, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1077-2015, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1077-2015, 2015
C. Junk and M. Claussen
Clim. Past, 7, 579–586, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-579-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-579-2011, 2011
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During late 20th century a singular Mediterranean circulation episode called the Eastern Mediterranean Transient (EMT) event occurred. It involved changes on the seawater physical and biogeochemical properties, which can impact areas broadly. Here, using paleosimulations for the last 1000 years we found that the East Atlantic/Western Russian atmospheric mode was the main driver of the EMT-type events in the past, and enhancement of this mode was coetaneous with low solar insolation.
During late 20th century a singular Mediterranean circulation episode called the Eastern...
