Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1645-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1645-2021
Research article
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05 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 05 Aug 2021

Mid-Holocene monsoons in South and Southeast Asia: dynamically downscaled simulations and the influence of the Green Sahara

Yiling Huo, William Richard Peltier, and Deepak Chandan

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on cp-2021-17', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Mar 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Yiling Huo, 24 May 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on cp-2021-17', Chris Brierley, 29 Apr 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Yiling Huo, 24 May 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 May 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin
AR by Yiling Huo on behalf of the Authors (06 Jun 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Jun 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (25 Jun 2021)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Jun 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin
AR by Yiling Huo on behalf of the Authors (03 Jul 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (06 Jul 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin
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Short summary
Regional climate simulations were constructed to more accurately capture regional features of the South and Southeast Asian monsoon during the mid-Holocene. Comparison with proxies shows that our high-resolution simulations outperform those with the coarser global model in reproducing the monsoon rainfall anomalies. Incorporating the Green Sahara climate conditions over northern Africa into our simulations further strengthens the monsoon precipitation and leads to better agreement with proxies.