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Table 9 Temperature and precipitation conditions during the LIA

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)

Global

NH/SH

0

1350–1900 CE

Cold

0

Crowley and North (1991)

Graumlich (1993)

Mann et al. (1998)

Christiansen and Ljungqvist (2012) Schneider et al. (2015)

Global

NH/SH

0

14th, Late sixteenth and seventeenth century

Cold

0

Trachsel et al. (2012)

N. Hemisphere

NH

0

1570–1730 CE

Cold

0

Bradley and Jonest (1993)

S. Hemisphere

SH

0

1350–1900 CE

Cold

0

Rhodes et al. (2012)

Africa

NH

L-L

1350–1900 CE

0

Dry

Street-Perrott and Perrott (1990)

Antarctica

SH

H-L

1350–1900 CE

Cold

0

Bertler et al. (2011)

Europe

NH

M-L

1650–1750 CE

Warm

0

Bond et al. (2001)

Europe

NH

M-L

Early eighteenth century

0

Wet

Pauling et al. (2006)

Europe

NH

M-L

Early eighteenth century

Warm

0

Nesje et al. (2008)

Europe

NH

M-L

1760–1800 CE

0

Wet

Blöschl et al. (2020)

Europe

NH

M-L

1560–1580 CE

Warm

Wet

Glaser et al. (2010) Br´azdil et al. (1999)

Europe

NH

M-L

1840–1870 CE

Warm

Wet

Glaser et al. (2010) Br´azdil et al. (1999)

N. America

NH

M-L

Late 16th

0

Dry

Cook et al. (1997)

   

and Early seventeenth century

  

Bradley et al. (2003) Matthews and Briffa (2005)

Central Asia

NH

M-L

1350–1900 CE

0

Wet

Chen et al. (2015)

Central America

NH

M-L

1350–1900 CE

0

Dry

Stansell et al. (2013)

N. America

(Central regions)

NH

M-L

1350–1900 CE

0

Wet

Ladd et al. (2018)

N. America

(W & E Coast)

NH

M-L

1350–1900 CE

0

Dry

Ladd et al. (2018)

Southern S. America

SH

M-L

1280–1450 CE,

1550–1670 CE,

and 1780–1830 CE

Cold

Dry

Villalba (1994)

Southern S. America

SH

M-L

1220–1280 CE

1450–1550 CE,

1720–1780 CE,

and 1830–1905 CE

Warm

Wet

Villalba (1994)

Antarctic Pen

SH

H-L

1350–1900 CE

0

Wet

Rogers (1983)

Arabian Sea

NH

L-L

1450–1750 CE

0

Dry

Agnihotri et al. (2002)

Argentina

SH

M-L

1800 and 1930

0

Wet

Mauquoy et al. (2004)

Canada

NH

M-L

1515–1550 CE,

1585–1610 CE,

1660–1680 CE,

and 1880s

0

Wet

Luckman (2000)

Czech Republic

NH

M-L

1670–1710 CE

0

Wet

Br´azdil et al. (2002)

Venezuelan Andes

NH

L-L

1400–1700 CE

0

Wet

Polissar et al. (2006)

Scotland

NH

M-L

Late 13th to mid fourteenth century

0

Wet

Proctor et al. (2000)

Peru

SH

L-L

1400–1700 CE

0

Wet

Reuter et al. (2009)

Bird et al. (2011)

California, USA

NH

M-L

1400 CE

0

Wet

Stine (1994)

Wales, UK

NH

M-L

Late 13th mid fourteenth century

0

Wet

Lamb (1965)

England

NH

M-L

Late 13th mid fourteenth century

0

Wet

Lamb (1965)

Patagonia

NH

M-L

1400 CE

0

Wet

Stine (1994)

N. China

NH

M-L

1450–1750 CE

0

Dry

Chen et al. (2015)

N. Taiwan

NH

M-L

1660, 1730, and 1820 CE

0

Wet

Wang et al. (2013)

      

Zhao et al. (2018)

  1. NH Northern Hemisphere, SH Southern Hemisphere, H-L High-latitudes, M-L Mid-latitudes, L-L Low-latitudes and average age uncertainty for the LIA is ± 50 years