144
Winter mean Precipitation
Winter RR 1609 minus 1901-95 mean
1~~~----------------~ __ --~~~
RE RR Winter 1609
J. Luterbacher and E. Xoplaki
Winter mean Precipitation 1684 (wet)
1~r-~----------~~--~ __ ~;-~~
Winter RR 1684 minus 1901-95 mean
Fig. 4b. Top: Mean reconstructed precipitation fields for the driest (1609) and wettest (1684) winter
(DJF) over the larger Mediterranean area. Middle: Seasonal precipitation difference patterns of the
extreme winters (Winter minus long-term seasonal precipitation mean of 190 1-1995). Bottom: Model
performance (RE) for the anomalous winter precipitation reconstructions. For areas with RE > 0
meaningful reconstructions can be expected