Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-313-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-313-2022
Research article
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17 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 17 Feb 2022

Effect of nitrogen limitation and soil biophysics on Holocene greening of the Sahara

Jooyeop Lee, Martin Claussen, Jeongwon Kim, Je-Woo Hong, In-Sun Song, and Jinkyu Hong

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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-2021-75', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Aug 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Jinkyu Hong, 23 Oct 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on cp-2021-75', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Aug 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Jinkyu Hong, 23 Oct 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (08 Nov 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin
AR by Jinkyu Hong on behalf of the Authors (08 Dec 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Dec 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin
AR by Jinkyu Hong on behalf of the Authors (19 Dec 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (23 Dec 2021) by Qiuzhen Yin
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Short summary
It is still a challenge to simulate the so–called Green Sahara (GS), which was a wet and vegetative Sahara region in the mid–Holocene, using current climate models. Our analysis shows that Holocene greening is simulated better if the amount of soil nitrogen and soil texture is properly modified for the humid and vegetative GS period. Future climate simulation needs to consider consequent changes in soil nitrogen and texture with changes in vegetation cover for proper climate simulations.