Westerlies Asia and monsoonal Asia: Spatiotemporal differences in climate change and possible mechanisms on decadal to sub-orbital timescales

F Chen, J Chen, W Huang, S Chen, X Huang, L **… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The 'westerlies-dominated climatic regime'(WDCR) in the present interglacial period was
proposed because precipitation/moisture variations between arid central Asia and mid …

The global monsoon across time scales: Mechanisms and outstanding issues

PX Wang, B Wang, H Cheng, J Fasullo, ZT Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years

JM Maurer, JM Schaefer, S Rupper, A Corley - Science advances, 2019 - science.org
Himalayan glaciers supply meltwater to densely populated catchments in South Asia, and
regional observations of glacier change over multiple decades are needed to understand …

Robust increase of Indian monsoon rainfall and its variability under future warming in CMIP-6 models

A Katzenberger, J Schewe, J Pongratz… - Earth System …, 2020 - esd.copernicus.org
The Indian summer monsoon is an integral part of the global climate system. As its seasonal
rainfall plays a crucial role in India's agriculture and shapes many other aspects of life, it …

Drying of Indian subcontinent by rapid Indian Ocean warming and a weakening land-sea thermal gradient

MK Roxy, K Ritika, P Terray, R Murtugudde… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
There are large uncertainties looming over the status and fate of the South Asian summer
monsoon, with several studies debating whether the monsoon is weakening or …

The Indian monsoon variability and civilization changes in the Indian subcontinent

G Kathayat, H Cheng, A Sinha, L Yi, X Li, H Zhang… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The vast Indo-Gangetic Plain in South Asia has been home to some of the world's oldest
civilizations, whose fortunes ebbed and flowed with time—plausibly driven in part by shifts in …

[HTML][HTML] Indian monsoon variability on millennial-orbital timescales

G Kathayat, H Cheng, A Sinha, C Spötl, RL Edwards… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) monsoon is critical to billions of people living in the
region. Yet, significant debates remain on primary ISM drivers on millennial-orbital …

A review on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall, variability and its association with ENSO and IOD

PH Hrudya, H Varikoden, R Vishnu - Meteorology and Atmospheric …, 2021 - Springer
The Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) during June to September contributes most of
the annual rainfall over India and plays an important role in Indian agriculture and thus the …

Main controls on the stable carbon isotope composition of speleothems

J Fohlmeister, NRG Voarintsoa, FA Lechleitner… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
The climatic controls on the stable carbon isotopic composition (δ 13 C) of speleothem
carbonate are less often discussed in the scientific literature in contrast to the frequently …

What we talk about when we talk about seasonality–A transdisciplinary review

O Kwiecien, T Braun, CF Brunello, P Faulkner… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …