Nature Communications (May 2019)
Position and orientation of the westerly jet determined Holocene rainfall patterns in China
- Ulrike Herzschuh,
- Xianyong Cao,
- Thomas Laepple,
- Anne Dallmeyer,
- Richard J. Telford,
- Jian Ni,
- Fahu Chen,
- Zhaochen Kong,
- Guangxiu Liu,
- Kam-Biu Liu,
- Xingqi Liu,
- Martina Stebich,
- Lingyu Tang,
- Fang Tian,
- Yongbo Wang,
- Juliane Wischnewski,
- Qinghai Xu,
- Shun Yan,
- Zhenjing Yang,
- Ge Yu,
- Yun Zhang,
- Yan Zhao,
- Zhuo Zheng
Affiliations
- Ulrike Herzschuh
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association
- Xianyong Cao
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association
- Thomas Laepple
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association
- Anne Dallmeyer
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
- Richard J. Telford
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
- Jian Ni
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association
- Fahu Chen
- Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology (LAE), CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Science
- Zhaochen Kong
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Guangxiu Liu
- Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Kam-Biu Liu
- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University
- Xingqi Liu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Resource Environment and GIS, College of Resource Environment and Tourism, Capital Normal University
- Martina Stebich
- Senckenberg Research Station of Quaternary Palaeontology
- Lingyu Tang
- Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Fang Tian
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association
- Yongbo Wang
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association
- Juliane Wischnewski
- Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association
- Qinghai Xu
- College of Resources and Environment Sciences, Hebei Normal University
- Shun Yan
- Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhenjing Yang
- Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ge Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yun Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Yan Zhao
- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhuo Zheng
- School of Earth Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09866-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
The basic mechanisms behind the East Asian Summer Monsoon remain poorly understood. Using proxy-based reconstructions and simulations, here the authors show that changes in the orientation and position of the westerly jet stream resulted in regionally asynchronous Holocene precipitation maxima.
