Comment on Comparison of Holocene temperature reconstructions based on GISP2 multiple-gas-isotope measurements by Doring and Leuenberger (2022)

TL;DR

This paper critiques a recent Greenland temperature reconstruction study, highlighting overlooked issues and arguing that its conclusions about the superiority of certain methods are incorrect.

Contribution

It provides a critical analysis of Doring and Leuenberger's comparison, clarifying errors that affect their conclusions about temperature reconstruction methods.

Findings

Doring and Leuenberger's conclusions are based on overlooked issues.

The critique clarifies inaccuracies in the temperature reconstruction methods.

The paper emphasizes the importance of proper data interpretation.

Abstract

Doring and Lueneberger (Doring and Leuenberger, 2022) conducted an important work on Greenland temperature reconstruction from occluded air in an ice core for the Holocene by comparing various reconstructed temperatures. From their analyses, they conclude that their d15N temperature reconstruction (d15N method) is the best method among the compared methods, and Kobashi et al. temperature reconstruction with d15Nexcess (Kobashi et al., 2017) should not be used for climate interpretation because d40Ar and d15Nexcess data are not accurate enough. However, they failed to recognize important issues to reach their conclusions. Therefore, we comment on those points to make it clear that their conclusions are erroneous.