Medieval climate anomaly to little ice age transition as simulated by current climate models

Fidel J. Gonzalez-Rouco1, l. FeRnandez-donado1, c.c. Raible2,3, d. baRRiopedRo4 , J. luteRbacheR5, J.h. JunGclaus6, d. swinGedouw7, J. seRvonnat7, e. zoRita8, s. waGneR8 and c.M. aMMann9 Departamento Astrofisica y CC. de la Atmosfera, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; fidelgr@fis.ucm.es Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland; Oeschger Centre for Cimate Change Research, University of Bern, Switzerland; Laboratory IDL, University of Lisbon, Portugal; Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; HelmholtzZentrum Geesthacht, Germany; National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA