Open Access Journal: Climate of the Past

ISSN 1814-9324
eISSN 1814-9332
Climate of the Past (CP) is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on the climate history of the Earth. CP covers all temporal scales of climate change and variability, from geological time through to multidecadal studies of the last century. Studies focussing mainly on present and future climate are not within scope.
The main subject areas are:

• reconstructions of past climate based on instrumental and historical data as well as proxy data from marine and terrestrial (including ice) archives;
• development and validation of new proxies, improvements of the precision and accuracy of proxy data;
• theoretical and empirical studies of processes in and feedback mechanisms between all climate system components in relation to past climate change on all space and time scales;
• simulation of past climate and model-based interpretation of palaeo climate data for a better understanding of present and future climate variability and climate change.

CP - Recent Final Revised Papers

The sensitivity of the Arctic sea ice to orbitally induced insolation changes: a study of the mid-Holocene Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project 2 and 3 simulations M. Berger, J. Brandefelt, and J. Nilsson Clim. Past, 9, 969-982, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2561 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		15 Apr 2013
Model sensitivity to North Atlantic freshwater forcing at 8.2 ka C. Morrill, A. N. LeGrande, H. Renssen, P. Bakker, and B. L. Otto-Bliesner Clim. Past, 9, 955-968, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2731 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		10 Apr 2013
Climatic impacts of fresh water hosing under Last Glacial Maximum conditions: a multi-model study M. Kageyama, U. Merkel, B. Otto-Bliesner, M. Prange, A. Abe-Ouchi, G. Lohmann, R. Ohgaito, D. M. Roche, J. Singarayer, D. Swingedouw, and X Zhang Clim. Past, 9, 935-953, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2935 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		09 Apr 2013
Climate and vegetation changes during the Lateglacial and early–middle Holocene at Lake Ledro (southern Alps, Italy) S. Joannin, B. Vannière, D. Galop, O. Peyron, J. N. Haas, A. Gilli, E. Chapron, S. B. Wirth, F. Anselmetti, M. Desmet, and M. Magny Clim. Past, 9, 913-933, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 7657 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		09 Apr 2013
Stable isotopic evidence of El Niño-like atmospheric circulation in the Pliocene western United States M. J. Winnick, J. M. Welker, and C. P. Chamberlain Clim. Past, 9, 903-912, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2041 KB)   Supplement (1079 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)		08 Apr 2013
Using data assimilation to investigate the causes of Southern Hemisphere high latitude cooling from 10 to 8 ka BP P. Mathiot, H. Goosse, X. Crosta, B. Stenni, M. Braida, H. Renssen, C. J. Van Meerbeeck, V. Masson-Delmotte, A. Mairesse, and S. Dubinkina Clim. Past, 9, 887-901, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1537 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)		03 Apr 2013
Impact of precipitation intermittency on NAO-temperature signals in proxy records M. Casado, P. Ortega, V. Masson-Delmotte, C. Risi, D. Swingedouw, V. Daux, D. Genty, F. Maignan, O. Solomina, B. Vinther, N. Viovy, and P. Yiou Clim. Past, 9, 871-886, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 4054 KB)   Supplement (2216 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)		27 Mar 2013
Mismatch between the depth habitat of planktonic foraminifera and the calibration depth of SST transfer functions may bias reconstructions R. J. Telford, C. Li, and M. Kucera Clim. Past, 9, 859-870, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1059 KB)   Supplement (66 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)		22 Mar 2013
Controls of Caribbean surface hydrology during the mid- to late Holocene: insights from monthly resolved coral records C. Giry, T. Felis, M. Kölling, W. Wei, G. Lohmann, and S. Scheffers Clim. Past, 9, 841-858, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 4474 KB)   Supplement (258 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		22 Mar 2013
Mass-movement and flood-induced deposits in Lake Ledro, southern Alps, Italy: implications for Holocene palaeohydrology and natural hazards A. Simonneau, E. Chapron, B. Vannière, S. B. Wirth, A. Gilli, C. Di Giovanni, F. S. Anselmetti, M. Desmet, and M. Magny Clim. Past, 9, 825-840, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 6479 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		21 Mar 2013
Skill and reliability of climate model ensembles at the Last Glacial Maximum and mid-Holocene J. C. Hargreaves, J. D. Annan, R. Ohgaito, A. Paul, and A. Abe-Ouchi Clim. Past, 9, 811-823, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2495 KB)   Supplement (131 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		21 Mar 2013
Influence of Last Glacial Maximum boundary conditions on the global water isotope distribution in an atmospheric general circulation model T. Tharammal, A. Paul, U. Merkel, and D. Noone Clim. Past, 9, 789-809, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 5591 KB)   Supplement (1436 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)		20 Mar 2013
Deglacial and Holocene vegetation and climatic changes in the southern Central Mediterranean from a direct land–sea correlation S. Desprat, N. Combourieu-Nebout, L. Essallami, M. A. Sicre, I. Dormoy, O. Peyron, G. Siani, V. Bout Roumazeilles, and J. L. Turon Clim. Past, 9, 767-787, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 6870 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		20 Mar 2013
Direct linking of Greenland and Antarctic ice cores at the Toba eruption (74 ka BP) A. Svensson, M. Bigler, T. Blunier, H. B. Clausen, D. Dahl-Jensen, H. Fischer, S. Fujita, K. Goto-Azuma, S. J. Johnsen, K. Kawamura, S. Kipfstuhl, M. Kohno, F. Parrenin, T. Popp, S. O. Rasmussen, J. Schwander, I. Seierstad, M. Severi, J. P. Steffensen, R. Udisti, R. Uemura, P. Vallelonga, B. M. Vinther, A. Wegner, F. Wilhelms, and M. Winstrup Clim. Past, 9, 749-766, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 6600 KB)   Supplement (5823 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		19 Mar 2013
Modeling the climatic implications and indicative senses of the Guliya δ18O-temperature proxy record to the ocean–atmosphere system during the past 130 ka D. Xiao, P. Zhao, Y. Wang, and X. Zhou Clim. Past, 9, 735-747, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 3087 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)		15 Mar 2013
Potential and limits of OSL, TT-OSL, IRSL and pIRIR290 dating methods applied on a Middle Pleistocene sediment record of Lake El'gygytgyn, Russia A. Zander and A. Hilgers Clim. Past, 9, 719-733, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2383 KB)   Supplement (580 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		14 Mar 2013
A multi-model assessment of last interglacial temperatures D. J. Lunt, A. Abe-Ouchi, P. Bakker, A. Berger, P. Braconnot, S. Charbit, N. Fischer, N. Herold, J. H. Jungclaus, V. C. Khon, U. Krebs-Kanzow, P. M. Langebroek, G. Lohmann, K. H. Nisancioglu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, W. Park, M. Pfeiffer, S. J. Phipps, M. Prange, R. Rachmayani, H. Renssen, N. Rosenbloom, B. Schneider, E. J. Stone, K. Takahashi, W. Wei, Q. Yin, and Z. S. Zhang Clim. Past, 9, 699-717, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 7795 KB)   Supplement (10204 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		14 Mar 2013
Hominin responses to environmental changes during the Middle Pleistocene in central and southern Italy R. Orain, V. Lebreton, E. Russo Ermolli, A.-M. Sémah, S. Nomade, Q. Shao, J.-J. Bahain, U. Thun Hohenstein, and C. Peretto Clim. Past, 9, 687-697, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1732 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		14 Mar 2013
Amplified bioproductivity during Transition IV (332 000–342 000 yr ago): evidence from the geochemical record of Lake El'gygytgyn L. Cunningham, H. Vogel, V. Wennrich, O. Juschus, N. Nowaczyk, and P. Rosén Clim. Past, 9, 679-686, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1775 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)   Special Issue		14 Mar 2013
HadISDH: an updateable land surface specific humidity product for climate monitoring K. M. Willett, C. N. Williams Jr., R. J. H. Dunn, P. W. Thorne, S. Bell, M. de Podesta, P. D. Jones, and D. E. Parker Clim. Past, 9, 657-677, 2013  Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 5458 KB)   Discussion Paper (CPD)		14 Mar 2013