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Table 2 Temperature and precipitation conditions during the Eemian Interglacial Stage

From: The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history

Study site

Hemisphere

Zone

Period

T

P

Citation(s)

Global

NH/SH

0

130–116

Warm

0

Fischer et al. (2018)

Snyder (2016)

Otto-Bliesner et al. (2013)

Global

NH/SH

0

130–116

0

Wet

Weaver and Hughes (1994)

Pedersen et al. (2017)

Johnston et al. (2018)

Zhang et al. (2021b)

N. Hemisphere

NH

0

130–116

Warm

0

Andersen et al. (2004)

N. Hemisphere

NH

0

130–116

0

Wet

Wang et al. (2008)

Williams et al. (2020)

Members (2006)

Kim et al. (2010)

N. Hemisphere

NH

M-L

130–116

Warm

0

Turney and Jones (2010)

N. Hemisphere

NH

H-L

130–116

Warm

0

Turney and Jones (2010)

Asia

NH

M-L

130–116

0

Wet

Prell and Kutzbach (1987)

Scussolini et al. (2019)

N. America

NH

M-L

130–116

Warm

Wet

Anderson et al. (2014)

Europe

NH

M-L

130–116

Cold

Dry

Brewer et al. (2008)

Australia

SH

M-L

130–116

0

Dry

Ayliffe et al. (1998)

N. Africa

NH

M-L

130–116

0

Wet

Prell and Kutzbach (1987)

Scussolini et al. (2019)

S. Europe

NH

M-L

130–116

0

Wet

Brauer et al. (2007)

W. Australia

SH

M-L

130–116

0

Dry

Zhao et al. (2001)

Arabian desert

NH

M-L

130–116

Warm

Wet

Rosenberg et al. 2013 Petit-Maire et al. (2010)

Greenland

NH

H-L

130–116

Warm

0

Tzedakis et al. (2018)

E. Mediterranean

NH

M-L

130–116

0

Wet

Bar-Matthews (2014) Bar-Matthews et al. (2019)

Arabian Pen

NH

M-L

130–116

0

Wet

Yehudai et al. (2017)

Germany

NH

M-L

130–116

Cold

Dry

Sirocko et al. (2005)

Bolivia

SH

L-L

130–116

Warm

Dry

Fritz et al. (2007)

Argentina

SH

M-L

130–116

0

Dry

Tofalo et al. (2011)

Argentina

SH

M-L

130–116

0

Dry

Nikolova et al. (2013)

S. Arabian Pen

NH

M-L

130–116

0

Wet

Vaks et al. (2006)

Soreq Cave, Israel

NH

M-L

130–116

0

Wet

Orland et al. (2019)

  1. NH Northern Hemisphere, SH Southern Hemisphere, H-L High-latitudes, M-L Mid-latitudes, L-L Low-latitudes. Period units are in ka BP and average age uncertainty is ± 5 ka