Transient simulation of orbital-scale precipitation variation in monsoonal East Asia and arid central Asia during the last 150 ka

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7481-7488

  Li, Xinzhou ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^a,b   Qiu, Linjing ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a   Yin, Zhi Yong ^c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

arid central Asia; monsoonal East Asia; orbital forcing; precipitation; transient simulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ACCELERATION TECHNIQUE; CENTRAL ASIA; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; EAST ASIA; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; TRANSIENT SIMULATION;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

ACCELERATION; ARID REGION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TROPOSPHERE;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84882758561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50611     Document Type: Article

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