Mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate simulated in the PlioMIP

Zhang, Ran; Yan, Qing; Zhang, Zhongshi S.; Jiang, Dabang; Otto-Bliesner, Bette L.; Haywood, Alan M.; Hill, Daniel J.; Dolan, Aisling M.; Stepanek, Christian; Lohmann, Gerrit; Contoux, Camille; Bragg, Fran J.; Chan, Wing-Le; Chandler, Mark A.; Jost, Anne; Kamae, Youichi; Abe-Ouchi, Ayako; Ramstein, Gilles; Rosenbloom, Nan A.; Sohl, Linda; Ueda, Hiroaki. 2013 Mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate simulated in the PlioMIP. Climate of the Past, 9. 2085-2099. 10.5194/cp-9-2085-2013

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Abstract/Summary

Based on the simulations with fifteen climate models in the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP), the regional climate of East Asia (focusing on China) during the mid-Pliocene is investigated in this study. Compared to the pre-industrial, the multi-model ensemble mean (MMM) of all models shows the East Asian summer wind (EASW) largely strengthens in monsoon China, and the East Asian winter wind (EAWW) strengthens in south monsoon China but slightly weakens in north monsoon China in mid-Pliocene. The MMM of all models also illustrates a warmer and wetter mid-Pliocene climate in China. The simulated weakened mid-Pliocene EAWW in north monsoon China and intensified EASW in monsoon China agree well with geological reconstructions. However, the model-model discrepancy in simulating mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate, in particular EAWW, should be further addressed in the future work of PlioMIP.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.5194/cp-9-2085-2013
Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:	Climate of the Past (CP) is an Open Access international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on the climate history of the Earth. CP covers all temporal scales of climate change and variability, from geological time through to multidecadal studies of the last century
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences Meteorology and Climatology Atmospheric Sciences
Date made live:	31 Oct 2013 14:43 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503646

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.5194/cp-9-2085-2013

Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.:

Climate of the Past (CP) is an Open Access international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications and review papers on the climate history of the Earth. CP covers all temporal scales of climate change and variability, from geological time through to multidecadal studies of the last century

NORA Subject Terms:

Earth Sciences
Meteorology and Climatology
Atmospheric Sciences

Date made live:

31 Oct 2013 14:43 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/503646