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On the verification of climate reconstructions
G. Bürger and U. Cubasch
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 357-370, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 279 KB)   Supplement (9 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 21 Comments)

  03 Jul 2006
Millennial temperature reconstruction intercomparison and evaluation
M. N. Juckes, M. R. Allen, K. R. Briffa, J. Esper, G. C. Hegerl, A. Moberg, T. J. Osborn, S. L. Weber, and E. Zorita
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 1001-1049, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 907 KB)   Supplement (1609 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 20 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  26 Oct 2006
Technical Note: Correcting for signal attenuation from noise: sharpening the focus on past climate
C. M. Ammann, M. G. Genton, and B. Li
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1645-1657, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1292 KB)   Supplement (1563 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 12 Comments)

  16 Jun 2009
How unusual was autumn 2006 in Europe?
G. J. van Oldenborgh
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 811-837, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1329 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 12 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  08 Jun 2007
The 8.2 ka cooling event related to extensive melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet
H. Ebbesen, A. Kuijpers, M. Moros, J. Lloyd, M.-S. Seidenkrantz, and S. Troelstra
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 1219-1235, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1024 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 10 Comments)

  27 Oct 2008
Eliminating the "divergence problem" at Alaska's northern treeline
M. Wilmking and J. Singh
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 741-759, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 433 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 10 Comments)

  11 Jun 2008
A 60 000 year Greenland stratigraphic ice core chronology
K. K. Andersen, M. Bigler, H. B. Clausen, D. Dahl-Jensen, S. J. Johnsen, S. O. Rasmussen, I. Seierstad, J. P. Steffensen, A. Svensson, B. M. Vinther, S. M. Davies, R. Muscheler, F. Parrenin, and R. Röthlisberger
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 1235-1260, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1290 KB)   Supplement (70 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 10 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  08 Nov 2007
Direct North-South synchronization of abrupt climate change record in ice cores using beryllium 10
G. M. Raisbeck, F. Yiou, J. Jouzel, and T. F. Stocker
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 755-769, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 486 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 10 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  11 May 2007
South Atlantic island record reveals a South Atlantic response to the 8.2 kyr event
K. Ljung, S. Björck, H. Renssen, and D. Hammarlund
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 729-753, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1090 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 10 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  10 May 2007
The reconstruction of paleo wind directions for the Eifel region (Central Europe) during the period 40.3–12.9 ka BP
S. Dietrich and K. Seelos
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 2157-2176, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 6448 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 9 Comments)

  22 Sep 2009
Northern high-latitude climate change between the mid and late Holocene – Part 2: Model-data comparisons
Q. Zhang, H. Sundqvist, A. Moberg, K. Holmgren, H. Körnich, and J. Nilsson
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1659-1696, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1458 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 9 Comments)   Special Issue

  25 Jun 2009
Orbital forcings of the Earth’s climate in wavelet domain
A. V. Glushkov, V. N. Khokhlov, N. S. Loboda, V. D. Rusov, and V. N. Vaschenko
Clim. Past Discuss., 1, 193-214, 2005
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 404 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 9 Comments)

  23 Sep 2005
Northern high-latitude climate change between the mid and late Holocene – Part 1: Proxy data evidence
H. S. Sundqvist, Q. Zhang, A. Moberg, K. Holmgren, H. Körnich, and J. Nilsson
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1819-1852, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1455 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 8 Comments)   Special Issue

  06 Jul 2009
Maximum growing season temperature in Western Europe: multi proxy reconstructions in Fontainebleau from 1596 to 2000
N. Etien, V. Daux, V. Masson-Delmotte, M. Stievenard, V. Bernard, S. Durost, M. T. Guillemin, O. Mestre, and M. Pierre
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 1063-1117, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1522 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 8 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  11 Oct 2007
Mid-Holocene climate change in Europe: a data-model comparison
S. Brewer, J. Guiot, and F. Torre
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 1155-1186, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1312 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 8 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  20 Nov 2006
Atmospheric multidecadal variations in the North Atlantic realm: proxy data, observations, and atmospheric circulation model studies
K. Grosfeld, G. Lohmann, N. Rimbu, K. Fraedrich, and F. Lunkeit
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 633-656, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1389 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 8 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  31 Aug 2006
Effect of vegetation on the Late Miocene ocean circulation
G. Lohmann, M. Butzin, A. Micheels, T. Bickert, and V. Mosbrugger
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 605-631, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2105 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 8 Comments)

  23 Aug 2006
Ice-driven CO2 feedback on ice volume
W. F. Ruddiman
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 43-78, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1050 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 8 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  15 Feb 2006
Proposing a mechanistic understanding of changes in atmospheric CO2 during the last 740 000 years
P. Köhler and H. Fischer
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 1-42, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 3380 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 8 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  14 Feb 2006
Comment on "Using multiple observationally-based constraints to estimate climate sensitivity" by J. D. Annan and J. C. Hargreaves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06704, doi:10.1029/2005GL025259, 2006
S. V. Henriksson, E. Arjas, M. Laine, J. Tamminen, and A. Laaksonen
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 2343-2349, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 319 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Open, 7 Comments)

  21 Oct 2009
A 70-yr record of oxygen-18 variability in accumulation from the Tanggula Mountains, central Tibetan Plateau
D. R. Joswiak, T. Yao, G. Wu, B. Xu, and W. Zheng
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1929-1949, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1364 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 7 Comments)

  16 Jul 2009
The MIS 11 – MIS 1 analogy, southern European vegetation, atmospheric methane and the "early anthropogenic hypothesis"
P. C. Tzedakis
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1337-1365, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1503 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 7 Comments)   Special Issue

  13 May 2009
Late Glacial and Holocene changes in vegetation cover and climate in southern Siberia derived from a 15 kyr long pollen record from Lake Kotokel
P. E. Tarasov, E. V. Bezrukova, and S. K. Krivonogov
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 127-151, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 983 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 7 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  14 Jan 2009
A few prospective ideas on climate reconstruction: from a statistical single proxy approach towards a multi-proxy and dynamical approach
J. Guiot, H. B. Wu, V. Garreta, C. Hatté, and M. Magny
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 99-125, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1187 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 7 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  08 Jan 2009
The modern and glacial overturning circulation in the Atlantic ocean in PMIP coupled model simulations
S. L. Weber, S. S. Drijfhout, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, M. Eby, A. Ganopolski, S. Murakami, B. Otto-Bliesner, and W. R. Peltier
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 923-949, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 972 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 7 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  11 Oct 2006
Equatorial insolation: from precession harmonics to eccentricity frequencies
A. Berger, M. F. Loutre, and J. L. Mélice
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 519-533, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1772 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 7 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  24 Jul 2006
Changes in terrestrial carbon storage during interglacials: a comparison between Eemian and Holocene
G. Schurgers, U. Mikolajewicz, M. Gröger, E. Maier-Reimer, M. Vizcaîno, and A. Winguth
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 449-483, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 4508 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 7 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  17 Jul 2006
Potential analysis reveals changing number of climate states during the last 60 kyr
V. N. Livina, F. Kwasniok, and T. M. Lenton
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 2223-2237, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 688 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 6 Comments)

  30 Sep 2009
Variations in mid-latitude North Atlantic surface water properties during the mid-Brunhes: Does Marine Isotope Stage 11 stand out?
A. H. L. Voelker, T. Rodrigues, R. Stein, J. Hefter, K. Billups, D. Oppo, J. McManus, and J. O. Grimalt
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1553-1607, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2630 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 6 Comments)   Special Issue

  03 Jun 2009
2-D reconstruction of past sea level (1950–2003) using tide gauge records and spatial patterns from a general ocean circulation model
W. Llovel, A. Cazenave, P. Rogel, A. Lombard, and M. Bergé-Nguyen
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1109-1132, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 3561 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  20 Mar 2009
Glacial climate sensitivity to different states of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: results from the IPSL model
M. Kageyama, J. Mignot, D. Swingedouw, C. Marzin, R. Alkama, and O. Marti
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1055-1107, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 8044 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  18 Mar 2009
Investigating the evolution of major Northern Hemisphere ice sheets during the last glacial-interglacial cycle
S. Bonelli, S. Charbit, M. Kageyama, M.-N. Woillez, G. Ramstein, C. Dumas, and A. Quiquet
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1013-1053, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 11026 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  17 Mar 2009
Ecosystem effects of CO2 concentration: evidence from past climates
I. C. Prentice and S. P. Harrison
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 937-963, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 483 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  12 Mar 2009
Uncertainties in modeling CH4 emissions from northern wetlands in glacial climates: effect of hydrological model and CH4 model structure
C. Berrittella and J. van Huissteden
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 817-851, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2304 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  04 Mar 2009
Rapid climatic variability in the west Mediterranean during the last 25 000 years from high resolution pollen data
N. Combourieu Nebout, O. Peyron, and I. Dormoy
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 671-707, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1429 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  24 Feb 2009
How to treat climate evolution in the assessment of the long-term safety of disposal facilities for radioactive waste: examples from Belgium
M. Van Geet, M. De Craen, D. Mallants, I. Wemaere, L. Wouters, and W. Cool
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 463-494, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1926 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 6 Comments)   Special Issue

  13 Feb 2009
Mid-Pliocene shifts in ocean overturning circulation and the onset of Quaternary-style climates*
M. Sarnthein, M. Prange, A. Schmittner, B. Schneider, and M. Weinelt
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 251-285, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 12614 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  26 Jan 2009
Potential causes of 15th century Arctic warming using coupled model simulations with data assimilation
E. Crespin, H. Goosse, T. Fichefet, and M. E. Mann
Clim. Past Discuss., 5, 1-27, 2009
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1184 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  07 Jan 2009
Comment on "Aerosol radiative forcing and climate sensitivity deduced from the Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene transition", by P. Chylek and U. Lohmann, Geophys. Res. Lett., 2008
J. C. Hargreaves and J. D. Annan
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 1319-1326, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 349 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  22 Dec 2008
Western Europe is warming much faster than expected
G. J. van Oldenborgh, S. Drijfhout, A. van Ulden, R. Haarsma, A. Sterl, C. Severijns, W. Hazeleger, and H. Dijkstra
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 897-928, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1467 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  12 Aug 2008
Constraining atmospheric CO2 content during the Middle Miocene Antarctic glaciation using an ice sheet-climate model
P. M. Langebroek, A. Paul, and M. Schulz
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 859-895, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1419 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  12 Aug 2008
Borehole paleoclimatology – the effect of deep lakes and "heat islands" on temperature profiles
V. T. Balobaev, I. M. Kutasov, and L. V. Eppelbaum
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 415-432, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 996 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 6 Comments)

  03 Apr 2008
Influence of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation on neodymium isotopic composition at the Last Glacial Maximum – a modelling sensitivity study
T. Arsouze, J.-C. Dutay, M. Kageyama, F. Lacan, R. Alkama, O. Marti, and C. Jeandel
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 309-333, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2600 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  18 Mar 2008
Modeling variations of marine reservoir ages during the last 45 000 years
J. Franke, A. Paul, and M. Schulz
Clim. Past Discuss., 4, 81-110, 2008
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2869 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  25 Jan 2008
Detecting vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in mid-Holocene North Africa from two climate models
Y. Wang, M. Notaro, Z. Liu, R. Gallimore, S. Levis, and J. E. Kutzbach
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 961-975, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 647 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  25 Jul 2007
Ice thinning, upstream advection, and non-climatic biases for the upper 89% of the EDML ice core from a nested model of the Antarctic ice sheet
P. Huybrechts, O. Rybak, F. Pattyn, U. Ruth, and D. Steinhage
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 693-727, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 6082 KB)   Supplement (508 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  07 May 2007
The EDC3 chronology for the EPICA Dome C ice core
F. Parrenin, J.-M. Barnola, J. Beer, T. Blunier, E. Castellano, J. Chappellaz, G. Dreyfus, H. Fischer, S. Fujita, J. Jouzel, K. Kawamura, B. Lemieux-Dudon, L. Loulergue, V. Masson-Delmotte, B. Narcisi, J.-R. Petit, G. Raisbeck, D. Raynaud, U. Ruth, J. Schwander, M. Severi, R. Spahni, J. P. Steffensen, A. Svensson, R. Udisti, C. Waelbroeck, and E. Wolff
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 575-606, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 5109 KB)   Supplement (276 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  12 Mar 2007
Thermal log analysis for recognition of ground surface temperature change and water movements
M. Verdoya, P. Chiozzi, and V. Pasquale
Clim. Past Discuss., 3, 95-120, 2007
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 560 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  18 Jan 2007
Coupled simulations of the mid-Holocene and Last Glacial Maximum: new results from PMIP2
P. Braconnot, B. Otto-Bliesner, S. Harrison, S. Joussaume, J.-Y. Peterchmitt, A. Abe-Ouchi, M. Crucifix, T. Fichefet, C. D. Hewitt, M. Kageyama, A. Kitoh, M.-F. Loutre, O. Marti, U. Merkel, G. Ramstein, P. Valdes, L. Weber, Y. Yu, and Y. Zhao
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 1293-1346, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 3075 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper 1   Final Revised Paper 2

  13 Dec 2006
Climate of the last glacial maximum: sensitivity studies and model-data comparison with the LOVECLIM coupled model
D. M. Roche, T. M. Dokken, H. Goosse, H. Renssen, and S. L. Weber
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 1105-1153, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2879 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  08 Nov 2006
Quasi-100 ky glacial-interglacial cycles triggered by subglacial burial carbon release
N. Zeng
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 371-397, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 945 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  07 Jul 2006
Recent warming inconsistent with natural association between temperature and atmospheric circulation over the last 2000 years
P. A. Mayewski and K. A. Maasch
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 327-355, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1381 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 6 Comments)   Special Issue

  30 Jun 2006
Comparing transient, accelerated, and equilibrium simulations of the last 30 000 years with the GENIE-1 model
D. J. Lunt, M. S. Williamson, P. J. Valdes, and T. M. Lenton
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 267-283, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 768 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Special Issue   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  14 Jun 2006
Coupled climate model simulation of Holocene cooling events: solar forcing triggers oceanic feedback
H. Renssen, H. Goosse, and R. Muscheler
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 209-232, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1548 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  24 May 2006
On the variability of return periods of European winter precipitation extremes over the last five centuries
A. Pauling and H. Paeth
Clim. Past Discuss., 2, 157-189, 2006
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 2241 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  24 Apr 2006
Tree-ring width wavelet and spectral analysis of solar variability and climatic effects on a Chilean cypress during the last two and a half millennia
N. R. Rigozo, D. J. R. Nordeman, E. Echer, L. E. A. Vieira, M. P. S. Echer, and A. Prestes
Clim. Past Discuss., 1, 121-135, 2005
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 519 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Final Response, 6 Comments)

  24 Aug 2005
Quantifying the effect of vegetation dynamics on the climate of the Last Glacial Maximum
A. Jahn, M. Claussen, A. Ganopolski, and V. Brovkin
Clim. Past Discuss., 1, 1-16, 2005
Abstract   Discussion Paper (PDF, 1093 KB)   Interactive Discussion (Closed, 6 Comments)   Final Revised Paper (CP)

  23 Jun 2005

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