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
- Proxy-based reconstructions and modeling of Holocene spatiotemporal precipitation patterns for China and Mongolia have hitherto yielded contradictory results indicating that the basic mechanisms behind the East Asian Summer Monsoon and its interaction with the westerly jet stream remain poorly understood. We present quantitative reconstructions of Holocene precipitation derived from 101 fossil pollen records and analyse them with the help of a minimal empirical model. We show that the westerly jet-stream axis shifted gradually southward and became less tilted since the middle Holocene. This was tracked by the summer monsoon rain band resulting in an early-Holocene precipitation maximum over most of western China, a mid-Holocene maximum in north-central and northeastern China, and a late-Holocene maximum in southeastern China. Our results suggest that a correct simulation of the orientation and position of the westerly jet stream is crucial to the reliable prediction of precipitation patterns in China and Mongolia.
MetadatenAuthor details: | Ulrike HerzschuhORCiDGND, Xianyong CaoORCiDGND, Thomas LaeppleORCiDGND, Anne DallmeyerORCiD, Richard J. Telford, Jian Ni, Fahu Chen, Zhaochen Kong, Guangxiu Liu, Kam-Biu Liu, Xingqi Liu, Martina Stebich, Lingyu Tang, Fang TianORCiDGND, Yongbo Wang, Juliane Wischnewski, Qinghai Xu, Shun Yan, Zhenjing Yang, Ge Yu, Yun Zhang, Yan Zhao, Zhuo Zheng |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09866-8 |
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ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
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Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31147536 |
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Title of parent work (English): | Nature Communications |
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Publisher: | Nature Publ. Group |
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Place of publishing: | London |
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Publication type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of first publication: | 2019/05/30 |
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Publication year: | 2019 |
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Release date: | 2021/02/03 |
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Volume: | 10 |
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Number of pages: | 8 |
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Funding institution: | Federal Ministry of Education and Research (PalMod initiative); Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association [VG-NH900]; European and innovation programEuropean Research Council (ERC) [716092]; National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFA0606400, 2016YFA0600501]; State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [41630753]; National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [41230101]; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA20070101] |
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Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Umweltwissenschaften und Geographie |
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DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 55 Geowissenschaften, Geologie / 550 Geowissenschaften |
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Peer review: | Referiert |
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Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
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License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
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