Hydroclimatic contrasts over Asian monsoon areas and linkages to tropical Pacific SSTs
Science & Technology
ARABIAN SEA
550
MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD
500
15. Life on land
16. Peace & justice
LAKE
01 natural sciences
TIBETAN PLATEAU
SUMMER MONSOON
CHINA
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
13. Climate action
PRECIPITATION
TREE-RING RECORD
Science & Technology - Other Topics
HOLOCENE CLIMATE-CHANGE
TEMPERATURE
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
DOI:
10.1038/srep33177
Publication Date:
2016-09-09T11:25:23Z
AUTHORS (11)
ABSTRACT
AbstractKnowledge of spatial and temporal hydroclimatic differences is critical in understanding climatic mechanisms. Here we show striking hydroclimatic contrasts between northern and southern parts of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (ETP), and those between East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) and Indian summer monsoon (ISM) areas during the past ~2,000 years. During the Medieval Period, and the last 100 to 200 years, the southern ETP (S-ETP) area was generally dry (on average), while the northern ETP (N-ETP) area was wet. During the Little Ice Age (LIA), hydroclimate over S-ETP areas was wet, while that over N-ETP area was dry (on average). Such hydroclimatic contrasts can be broadly extended to ISM and EASM areas. We contend that changes in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) of the tropical Pacific Ocean could have played important roles in producing these hydroclimatic contrasts, by forcing the north-south movement of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and intensification/slowdown of Walker circulation. The results of sensitivity experiments also support such a proposition.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL
Coming soon ....
REFERENCES (61)
CITATIONS (38)
EXTERNAL LINKS
PlumX Metrics
RECOMMENDATIONS
FAIR ASSESSMENT
Coming soon ....
JUPYTER LAB
Coming soon ....