Asian summer monsoon variability, global teleconnections, and dynamics during the last 1,000 years

M Shekhar, A Sharma, AP Dimri, SK Tandon - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The Asian summer monsoon is a major regional phenomenon that drives and regulates
precipitation over the Asian subcontinent. Understanding monsoon dynamics is a …

Seven centuries of reconstructed Brahmaputra River discharge demonstrate underestimated high discharge and flood hazard frequency

MP Rao, ER Cook, BI Cook, RD D'Arrigo… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The lower Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh and Northeast India often floods
during the monsoon season, with catastrophic consequences for people throughout the …

Large‐scale afforestation enhances precipitation by intensifying the atmospheric water cycle over the Chinese Loess Plateau

L Tian, B Zhang, S Chen, X Wang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Afforestation is an appropriate approach to control soil erosion, but consumes extra water
resources. It also exerts feedbacks on local precipitation, affecting the water availability for …

Tree rings reveal recent intensified spring drought in the central Himalaya, Nepal

S Panthi, A Bräuning, ZK Zhou, ZX Fan - Global and Planetary Change, 2017 - Elsevier
To better understand long-term drought variations in the central Himalaya, we developed
new tree-ring width chronologies of Himalayan spruce (Picea smithiana (Wall.) Boiss.) from …

Modern aeolian desertification on the Tibetan Plateau under climate change

J Li, Q Yao, N Zhou, F Li - Land Degradation & Development, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau experienced severe aeolian desertification during the mid‐and
late 20th century, but mitigation of this aeolian desertification has occurred since 2000 …

Altitudinal disparity in growth of Dahurian larch (Larix gmelinii Rupr.) in response to recent climate change in northeast China

X Bai, X Zhang, J Li, X Duan, Y **, Z Chen - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Forests are sensitive to climate change at high altitude and high latitude. Dahurian larch
(Larix gmelinii Rupr.) has experienced an unprecedented forest retreat northward during the …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroclimate responses over global monsoon regions following volcanic eruptions at different latitudes

M Zuo, T Zhou, W Man - Journal of Climate, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Hydroclimate Responses over Global Monsoon Regions Following Volcanic Eruptions at
Different Latitudes in: Journal of Climate Volume 32 Issue 14 (2019) Jump to Content Jump to …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of soil moisture in the karst areas of China based on reanalysis and observations data

Y Deng, S Wang, X Bai, G Luo, L Wu, F Chen… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soil moisture is one of the restricting factors in a fragile karst ecological environment.
However, its spatiotemporal evolution characteristics in the karst areas of China remain …

Growth response of Abies georgei to climate increases with elevation in the central Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China

S Panthi, A Bräuning, ZK Zhou, ZX Fan - Dendrochronologia, 2018 - Elsevier
Climatic harshness is expected to increase at higher elevations; however, elevational trends
of tree radial growth response of high-elevation forests to climate change need to be …

Drought variations in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau region since 1704 and their link to the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

W Tang, K Fang, Z Mei, F Zhou, H Wu… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the long-term history of drought in the Tibetan Plateau region is important to
improve understanding of drought frequency in response to future global warming. Although …