Table 8 Temperature and precipitation conditions during the MCA
From: The response of the hydrological cycle to temperature changes in recent and distant climatic history
Study site | Hemisphere | Zone | Time | T | P | Citation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Hemisphere | NH | 0 | 800–1400 | Warm | Dry | Ljungqvist et al. (2016) |
Asia | NH | M-L | 900–1300 | 0 | Dry | Chen et al. (2015) |
N. America | NH | M-L | 1197–1289 | 0 | Dry | Cook et al. (2014) |
|  |  |  | And 1486–1581 |  |  | Parish et al. (2020) |
N. America | NH | M-L | 1140–1162 | 0 | Dry | Cook et al. (2007) |
N. America | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | Warm | 0 | Woodhouse et al. (2010) |
N. America | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | Warm | 0 | Lamb (1965) |
Europe | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | Warm | 0 | Lamb (1965) |
N. Europe | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | 0 | Dry | Cook et al. (2015) |
S. Asia | NH | M-L | 1230–1250 and 1380–1410 | 0 | Wet | Li et al. (1987) |
E. Asia | NH | M-L | 1300 | 0 | Dry | Lan et al. (2020) |
NW. Europe | NH | M-L | 1200–1300 | Warm | 0 | Guiot (1992) |
S. America (NE area) | SH | L-L | 800–1400 | 0 | Wet | Thompson et al. (2013) |
Western N. America | NH | M-L | 900–1300 | Warm | Dry | Woodhouse et al. (2010) |
Western N. America | NH | M-L | 1030–1100 | 0 | Wet | Mauquoy et al. (2004) |
Western N. America | NH | M-L | 650–1050 | 0 | Dry | Parish et al. (2020) |
Western N. America | NH | M-L | 900–1300 | 0 | Dry | Cook et al. (2007) |
E. Africa | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | 0 | Dry | Verschuren et al. (2000) |
S. Atlantic | SH | M-L | 800–1400 | Warm | 0 | Jones and Mann (2004) |
N. Pacific | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | Warm | 0 | Mann et al. (2009) |
China | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | Warm | 0 | Yang et al. (2002) |
S. China | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | 0 | Dry | Chen et al. (2015) |
S. China | NH | M-L | 1140–1220 and 1420–1490 | 0 | Dry | Li et al. (1987) |
NE. China | NH | M-L | 950–1290 | 0 | Wet | Ren (1998) |
Southern Amazonia | SH | L-L | 800–1400 | 0 | Dry | Thompson et al. (2013) |
Peru | SH | L-L | 800–1250 | 0 | Dry | Rein et al. (2004) |
Morocco | NH | M-L | 1250–1300 | 0 | Wet | Till et al. (1990) |
Central America | NH | M-L | 950–1250 | 0 | Wet | Stansell et al. (2013) |
Spain (Sierra Nevada) | NH | M-L | 800–859, 1020–1070, 1197–1217, And 1249–1365 | 0 | Dry | Graumlich (1993) |
Venezuela | NH | L-L | 950–1450 | 0 | Wet | Haug et al. (2001) |
Arizona, USA | NH | M-L | 700–1350 | 0 | Wet | Hughes and Diaz (1994) |
California, USA | NH | M-L | 1080–1129 | 0 | Wet | Hughes and Diaz (1994) |
Iberian Peninsula | NH | M-L | 800–1400 | Warm | Dry | Moreno et al. (2012) |
Central Peruvian Andes | SH | L-L | 900–1100 | 0 | Dry | Bird et al. (2011) |
Alps | NH | M-L | twelfth century | Warm | 0 | Trachsel et al. (2012) |