Fig. 5: Comparison of the simulated temperature with chironomid-based reconstructions for Asia.
The simulated July temperature is compared to chironomid-based July temperature reconstructions60. Only reconstructions that cover also the Early-Holocene have been used and interpolated on equal distant time-steps of 500 years. Shown are (a) the difference between the 10 ka and 7 ka time slices in the model (shaded) and the reconstructions (dots), prepared with the software GMT 5.4.380. b The normalised openness index (cf. Figure 3) as simulated mean over all model grid-cells in which a chironomid-site is located (grey) or a pollen-record is located (dark green) and as mean over all Asian pollen sites; and (c) the simulated (black) and reconstructed mean July temperature as difference to 0 ka. In addition, all individual records are displayed (grey dots). Please note, that for 12 ka only one reconstruction is available, forming the sharp temperature increase out of the Younger Dryas in the reconstructions.
