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Table 3 Temperature and precipitation conditions during the LGM

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

30–15

Cold

0

Bush and Philander (1999)

Schmittner et al. (2011)

Global

NH/SH

0

30–15

0

Dry

Cragin et al. (1977)

Yung et al. (1996)

Steffensen (1997)

Li and Zhang (2020)

Bush and Philander (1998) Gasse (2000)

N. Hemisphere

NH

0

30–15

Cold

Dry

Bigelow et al. (2003)

Otto-Bliesner et al. (2006)

Yokoyama et al. (2000)

Tropics

NH/SH

L-L

30–15

Cold

0

Barker et al. (2005)

Annan and Hargreaves (2013)

Crowley (2000)

Ballantyne et al. (2005)

Tropics

NH/SH

L-L

30–15

0

Dry

Prentice et al. (2000)

Europe

NH

M-L

30–15

Cold

0

Strandberg et al. (2011)

Extra-tropics

NH

L-L

30–15

0

Wet

Clark and Mix (2002)

E. Africa

NH

L-L

30–15

0

Wet

Barker and Gasse (2003)

N. Africa

NH

M-L

30–15

0

Dry

Prentice et al. (2000)

S. Africa

SH

L-L

30–15

0

Dry

Patridge et al. (1997)

Simon et al. (2015)

N. Europe

NH

M-L

30–15

0

Dry

Strandberg et al. (2011)

S. Europe

NH

M-L

30–15

0

Wet

Strandberg et al. (2011); Kuhlemann et al. (2008)

Mediterranean

NH

M-L

30–15

0

Wet

Clark and Mix (2002)

SE. Siberia

NH

M-L

30–15

0

Dry

Osipov and Khlystov (2010)

E. & SW. Amazonia

SH

L-L

30–15

0

Dry

Absy et al. (1991) Sifeddine et al. (2001)

Greenland

NH

H-L

30–15

Cold

0

Johnsen et al. (1995)

Cuffey et al. (1995)

Miller et al. (2010)

Greenland

NH

H-L

30–15

0

Dry

Cuffey and Clow (1997)

Johnsen et al. (2001)

  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