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Millennium-length precipitation reconstruction over south-eastern Asia: a pseudo-proxy approach
Stefanie Talento
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate
Change, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Physics Institute, Science Faculty, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Lea Schneider
Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate
Change, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Johannes Werner
independent researcher
Jürg Luterbacher
Department of Geography, Climatology, Climate Dynamics and Climate
Change, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
Center of International Development and Environmental Research, Justus Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Short summary
Quantifying hydroclimate variability beyond the instrumental period is essential for putting fluctuations into long-term perspective and providing a validation for climate models. We evaluate, in a virtual setup, the potential for generating millennium-long summer precipitation reconstructions over south-eastern Asia.
We find that performing a real-world reconstruction with the current available proxy network is indeed feasible, as virtual-world reconstructions are skilful in most areas.
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