Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1809-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1809-2019
Research article
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11 Oct 2019
Research article |  | 11 Oct 2019

A comparison of drought information in early North American colonial documentary records and a high-resolution tree-ring-based reconstruction

Sam White

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (19 Apr 2019) by Andrea Kiss
AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (04 Jun 2019)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Jun 2019) by Andrea Kiss
RR by Stefan Grab (25 Jun 2019)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Jul 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 Aug 2019) by Andrea Kiss
AR by Sam White on behalf of the Authors (20 Aug 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (29 Aug 2019) by Andrea Kiss
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Short summary
Early colonial documentary records offer valuable climatic and historical information, but their reliability and suitability for climate reconstruction and environmental history remain uncertain. This study systematically compares drought information from records of colonial expeditions in North America 1510–1610 CE with high-resolution PDSI reconstructions of the North American Drought Atlas. It finds substantial agreement, and it suggests potential uses for such records and reconstructions.