| Rapid northward shift of the Indian Monsoon on the Tibetan Plateau at the end of the Little Ice Age | |
| Zhang, XL (Zhang, Xiaolong)1,2; Xu, BQ (Xu, Baiqing)1,3; Gunther, F (Guenther, Franziska)4,5; Witt, R (Witt, Roman)4,6; Wang, M (Wang, Mo)1; Xie, Y (Xie, Ying)1; Zhao, HB (Zhao, Huabiao)1,3; Li, JL (Li, Jiule)1; Gleixner, G (Gleixner, Gerd)4; Zhang, XL; Gleixner, G | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
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| 2017 | |
| Volume | 122Issue:17Pages:9262-9279 |
| DOI | 10.1002/2017JD026849 |
| Abstract | Variations in the Indian Monsoon (IM) and Westerlies (WS) significantly affect the climate on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) and have widespread ecological and socioeconomic impacts on the whole of Asian society. So far, however, the rate and magnitude of changes in the IM have still remained unclear. Here we report for the first time that the IM rapidly shifted northward at the end of the Little Ice Age (LIA). We used sediment proxies for humidity and moisture sources from the Taro Co Lake, which is located in the transition zone between the WS and IM. Our comprehensive survey of climate records for the TP and its peripheral mountain ranges revealed that the northern boundary of the IM (i.e., the southern boundary of the WS) lay along the southern slope of the Gandise Range (similar to 29.5 degrees N) in the late LIA. In contrast, it passed quickly over the Gandise Range by at least 1.5 degrees in latitude at the end of the LIA. Our results suggest that this rapid climatic shift was potentially triggered by the counteracting effects of blocking by the TP and its marginal orography, which hindered the northward movement of the IM, and the pulling thermal gradient of the TP. |
| Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000416387300019 |
| Language | 英语 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Keyword | Delta-d Values Water-stable Isotopes High-resolution Proxy South Asian Monsoon Summer Monsoon N-alkanes Lake-sediments Nam-co Environmental-changes Organic Geochemistry |
| WOS Research Area | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| WOS Subject | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| Cooperation Status | 国际 |
| Subtype | Article |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7991 |
| Collection | 图书馆 |
| Corresponding Author | Zhang, XL; Gleixner, G |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing, Peoples R China. 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. 3.Chinese Acad Sci, CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China. 4.Max Planck Inst Biogeochem, Jena, Germany. 5.Leibniz Ctr Trop Marine Res, Bremen, Germany. 6.Univ Melbourne, Sch Geog, Carlton, Vic, Australia. |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, XL ,Xu, BQ ,Gunther, F ,et al. Rapid northward shift of the Indian Monsoon on the Tibetan Plateau at the end of the Little Ice Age[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,2017,122(17):9262-9279. |
| APA | Zhang, XL .,Xu, BQ .,Gunther, F .,Witt, R .,Wang, M .,...&Gleixner, G.(2017).Rapid northward shift of the Indian Monsoon on the Tibetan Plateau at the end of the Little Ice Age.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,122(17),9262-9279. |
| MLA | Zhang, XL ,et al."Rapid northward shift of the Indian Monsoon on the Tibetan Plateau at the end of the Little Ice Age".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 122.17(2017):9262-9279. |
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