12 research outputs found
Responses of global monsoon and seasonal cycle of precipitation to precession and obliquity forcing
Inter-hemispheric synchroneity of Holocene precipitation anomalies controlled by Earth’s latitudinal insolation gradients
Southern Hemisphere forcing of South Asian monsoon precipitation over the past ~1 million years
Relative roles of land- and ocean-atmosphere interactions in Asian-Pacific thermal contrast variability at the precessional band
Palaeoclimatic insights into forcing and response of monsoon rainfall
Monsoons are the dominant seasonal mode of climate variability in the tropics and are critically important conveyors of atmospheric moisture and energy at a global scale. Predicting monsoons, which have profound impacts on regions that are collectively home to more than 70 per cent of Earth’s population, is a challenge that is difficult to overcome by relying on instrumental data from only the past few decades. Palaeoclimatic evidence of monsoon rainfall dynamics across different regions and timescales could help us to understand and predict the sensitivity and response of monsoons to various forcing mechanisms. This evidence suggests that monsoon systems exhibit substantial regional character