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Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1973-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1973-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 5
Research article
 | 
01 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 01 Oct 2021

Extending and understanding the South West Western Australian rainfall record using a snowfall reconstruction from Law Dome, East Antarctica

Yaowen Zheng, Lenneke M. Jong, Steven J. Phipps, Jason L. Roberts, Andrew D. Moy, Mark A. J. Curran, and Tas D. van Ommen

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Extending and understanding the South West Western Australian rainfall record using the Dome Summit South ice core, East Antarctica Yaowen Zheng, Steven J. Phipps, Jason L. Roberts, and Lenneke M. Jong https://doi.org/10.25959/5f4c50b7b661f

Paleoclimate Data-Model Comparison and the Role of Climate Forcings over the Past 1500 Years Steven J. Phipps, Helen V. McGregor, Joelle Gergis, Ailie J. E. Gallant, Raphael Neukom, Samantha Stevenson, Duncan Ackerley, Josephine R. Brown, Matt J. Fischer and Tas D. van Ommen, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3908927

A 2000-year annual record of snow accumulation rates for Law Dome, East Antarctica A. Moy https://doi.org/10.4225/15/57468B15E1E2B

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South West Western Australia has experienced a prolonged drought in recent decades. The causes of this drought are unclear. We use an ice core from East Antarctica to reconstruct changes in rainfall over the past 2000 years. We find that the current drought is unusual, with only two other droughts of similar severity having occurred during this period. Climate modelling shows that greenhouse gas emissions during the industrial era are likely to have contributed to the recent drying trend.
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