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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-935-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-935-2022
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29 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 29 Apr 2022

Documentary-based climate reconstructions in the Czech Lands 1501–2020 CE and their European context

Rudolf Brázdil, Petr Dobrovolný, Jiří Mikšovský, Petr Pišoft, Miroslav Trnka, Martin Možný, and Jan Balek

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The paper deals with 520-year series (1501–2020 CE) of temperature, precipitation, and four drought indices reconstructed from documentary evidence and instrumental observations for the Czech Lands. Basic features of their fluctuations, long-term trends, and periodicities as well as attribution to changes in external forcings and climate variability modes are analysed. Representativeness of Czech reconstructions at European scale is evaluated. The paper shows extreme character of past decades.
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