1. Ice Volume and Insolation Forcing of Abrupt Strengthening of East Asian Winter Monsoon During Glacial Inceptions.
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Li, Tao, Li, Gaojun, Chen, Tianyu, Sun, Youbin, Yin, Qiuzhen, Wu, Zhipeng, Robinson, Laura F., Li, Le, Zhang, Zeke, Meng, Xianqiang, Zhao, Liang, Ji, Junfeng, and Chen, Jun
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MONSOONS , *ATMOSPHERIC circulation , *ICE sheets , *SOLAR radiation , *WINTER , *STRONTIUM isotopes - Abstract
It is generally accepted that the glacial‐interglacial variations of the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM) are controlled by the volume of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets (NHIS), but the fact that they exhibit different evolution patterns during glacial inceptions is often overlooked. By generating an independent chronology framework and integrating multi‐proxy records from the loess sections on the central Chinese Loess Plateau, here we show that the rapid intensifying of the EAWM during glacial inceptions reflects millennial perturbations in the large‐scale atmospheric circulation in East Asia in response to insolation‐triggered abrupt North Atlantic cooling. This climate teleconnection between North Atlantic and East Asia is found to be particularly effective only when the NHIS reaches a critical large size. Our integrated multi‐proxy records thus highlight the key role of ice volume in modulating the response of the EAWM to insolation‐triggered North Atlantic cooling during the interglacial‐glacial transitions. Plain Language Summary: The strength of the East Asian winter monsoon is thought to be dynamically linked to the volume of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets during the Quaternary glacial‐interglacial cycles. Nevertheless, paleoclimatic records generally indicate a rapid shift in the East Asian winter monsoon intensity in the mid‐way of the gradual build‐up of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, meaning that our current understanding of the East Asian winter monsoon dynamics remains elusive. By generating an independent chronology framework and integrating multi‐proxy records from the loess sections on the central Chinese Loess Plateau, here we show that the rapid intensifying of the East Asian winter monsoon during glacial inceptions, previously demonstrated as a direct response to the build‐up of the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets, actually reflects millennial perturbations in the large‐scale atmospheric circulation in East Asia caused by insolation‐triggered abrupt North Atlantic cooling when Northern Hemisphere ice sheets reach a critically large size. Our results thus offer new insights into how the climate teleconnections between high‐ and middle‐latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere have controlled the East Asian winter monsoon during glacial inceptions. Key Points: Microcodium 87Sr/86Sr record captures the cooling trend in East Asia at the interglacial‐glacial transitionsDecoupled evolution of East Asian winter monsoon and temperature occurred during glacial inceptionsIce volume modulates the response of East Asian winter monsoon to insolation‐triggered North Atlantic cooling during glacial inceptions [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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