The spatial-temporal patterns of Asian summer monsoon precipitation in response to Holocene insolation change: a model-data synthesis.

Jin, Liya, Schneider, Birgit, Park, Wonsun , Latif, Mojib , Khon, Vyacheslav and Zhang, X. (2014) The spatial-temporal patterns of Asian summer monsoon precipitation in response to Holocene insolation change: a model-data synthesis. Quaternary Science Reviews, 85 . pp. 47-62. DOI 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.11.004.

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Abstract

Highlights:
• Slice and transient simulations of Holocene climate change were performed.
• Spatial–temporal patterns of Holocene Asian summer precipitation are investigated.
• A tripole pattern of summer precipitation can be seen over monsoonal Asia.
• Insolation change is a key factor for Holocene Asian summer monsoon change.
• Internal feedbacks are important to Holocene Asian summer precipitation changes.

Abstract:
Paleoclimate proxy records of precipitation/effective moisture show spatial–temporal inhomogeneous over Asian monsoon and monsoon marginal regions during the Holocene. To investigate the spatial differences and diverging temporal evolution over monsoonal Asia and monsoon marginal regions, we conduct a series of numerical experiments with an atmosphere–ocean–sea ice coupled climate model, the Kiel Climate Model (KCM), for the period of Holocene from 9.5 ka BP to present (0 ka BP). The simulations include two time-slice equilibrium experiments for early Holocene (9.5 ka BP) and present-day (0 ka BP), respectively and one transient simulation (HT) using a scheme for model acceleration regarding to the Earth's orbitally driven insolation forcing for the whole period of Holocene (from 9.5 to 0 ka BP). The simulated summer precipitation in the equilibrium experiments shows a tripole pattern over monsoonal Asia as depicted by the first modes of empirical orthogonal function (EOF1) of H0K and H9K. The transient simulation HT exhibits a wave train pattern in the summer precipitation across the Asian monsoon region associated with a gradually decreased trend in the strength of Asian summer monsoon, as a result of the response of Asian summer monsoon system to the Holocene orbitally-forced insolation change. Both the synthesis of multi-proxy records and model experiments confirm the regional dissimilarity of the Holocene optimum precipitation/effective moisture over the East Asian summer monsoon region, monsoon marginal region, and the westerly-dominated areas, suggesting the complex response of the regional climate systems to Holocene insolation change in association with the internal feedbacks within climate system, such as the air-sea interactions associated with the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and shift of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in the evolution of Asian summer monsoon during the Holocene.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Holocene; Asian summer monsoon; Coupled climate model; Orbital forcing
Research affiliation: OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence > FO-R09
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-ME Maritime Meteorology
Kiel University
Kiel University > Kiel Marine Science
OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Elsevier
Projects: Future Ocean, KCM
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Date Deposited: 08 Nov 2013 07:48
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 23:04
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/22366

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