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Utilising a multi-proxy to model comparison to constrain the season and regionally heterogeneous impacts of the Mt Samalas 1257 eruption
Laura Wainman
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Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, UK
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
Lauren R. Marshall
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
Department of Earth Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Anja Schmidt
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IPA), German Aerospace Centre (DLR), 82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Meteorological Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 80333 Munich, Germany
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Short summary
The Mt Samalas eruption had global-scale impacts on climate and has been linked to historical events throughout latter half of the 13th century. Using model simulations and multi-proxy data, we constrain the year and season of the eruption to summer 1257 and investigate the regional-scale variability in surface cooling following the eruption. We also evaluate our model-to-proxy comparison framework and discuss current limitations of the approach.
The Mt Samalas eruption had global-scale impacts on climate and has been linked to historical...
