Simulations of the impacts of dynamic vegetation on interannual and interdecadal variability of Asian summer monsoon with modern and mid-Holocene orbital forcings

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 235-252

  Li, Yuefeng ^a,b   Harrison, Sandy P ^a,c   Zhao, Ping ^d   Ju, Jianhua ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Asian summer monsoon; dynamic vegetation; interannual variability; interdecadal variability; simulation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MONSOON; ORBITAL FORCING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 63549141515     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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