Tropical volcanism enhanced the East Asian summer monsoon during the last millennium

Fei Liu; Chaochao Gao; Jing Chai; Alan Robock; Bin Wang; Jinbao Li; Xu Zhang; Gang Huang; Wenjie Dong

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31108-7

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Tropical volcanism enhanced the East Asian summer monsoon during the last millennium

Fei Liu,
Chaochao Gao,
Jing Chai,
Alan Robock,
Bin Wang,
Jinbao Li,
Xu Zhang,
Gang Huang,
Wenjie Dong

Affiliations

Fei Liu: School of Atmospheric Sciences Sun Yat-Sen University, Key Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean System Ministry of Education, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory
Chaochao Gao: College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University
Jing Chai: Plateau Atmosphere and Environment Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology
Alan Robock: Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
Bin Wang: Department of Atmospheric Sciences and International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Jinbao Li: Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong
Xu Zhang: Alpine Paleoecology and Human Adaptation Group (ALPHA), State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gang Huang: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wenjie Dong: School of Atmospheric Sciences Sun Yat-Sen University, Key Laboratory of Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean System Ministry of Education, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31108-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The probability of an El Niño in the winter after large tropical volcanic eruptions increases. When this happens, summer monsoon precipitation over East Asia is enhanced, overwhelming thermodynamic precipitation reduction from volcanic cooling.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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