Articles | Volume 11, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1335-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-11-1335-2015
Research article
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09 Oct 2015
Research article |  | 09 Oct 2015

Obliquity forcing of low-latitude climate

J. H. C. Bosmans, F. J. Hilgen, E. Tuenter, and L. J. Lourens

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (25 Jun 2015) by André Paul
AR by Joyce Bosmans on behalf of the Authors (06 Aug 2015)
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (07 Aug 2015) by André Paul
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (01 Sep 2015)
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (10 Sep 2015)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (12 Sep 2015) by André Paul
AR by Joyce Bosmans on behalf of the Authors (22 Sep 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (28 Sep 2015) by André Paul
AR by Joyce Bosmans on behalf of the Authors (29 Sep 2015)  Author's response   Manuscript 
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Short summary
Our study shows that the influence of obliquity (the tilt of Earth's rotational axis) can be explained through changes in the insolation gradient across the tropics. This explanation is fundamentally different from high-latitude mechanisms that were previously often inferred to explain obliquity signals in low-latitude paleoclimate records, for instance glacial fluctuations. Our study is based on state-of-the-art climate model experiments.