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Position and orientation of the westerly jet determined Holocene rainfall patterns in China

Authors :
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
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5c7224d965764bf4b29fedb5945e7c67
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09866-8