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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-277-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-277-2023
Research article
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01 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 01 Feb 2023

Using data and models to infer climate and environmental changes during the Little Ice Age in tropical West Africa

Anne-Marie Lézine, Maé Catrain, Julián Villamayor, and Myriam Khodri

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Data and climate simulations were used to discuss the West African Little Ice Age (LIA). We show a clear opposition between a dry Sahel–savannah zone and a humid equatorial sector. In the Sahel region, the LIA was characterized by a gradual drying trend starting in 1250 CE after two early warning signals since 1170 CE. A tipping point was reached at 1800 CE. Drying events punctuated the LIA, the largest of which dated to ca. 1600 CE and was also recorded in the savannah zone.
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