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Detecting and understanding the multi-decadal variability of the East Asian Summer Monsoon Recent progress and state of affairs

Zhou, Tianjun, Gong, Daoyi, Li, Jian, Li, Bo·2009·Meteorologische Zeitschrift

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East Asia is dominated by a typical monsoon climate. The East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) exhibits considerable variability on a wide range of time scales during the 20th century. A substantial portion is the multi-decadal variability. Over the recent decades, the EASM has been weakening from the end of the 1970s which results in a "southern China flood and northern China drought" rainfall pattern. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for the weakening tendency has been a challenge for climate research community. Examinations on the long-term change of the EASM during the 20th century find no significant trends, indicating the pronounced weakening tendency of the EASM in recent decades is unprecedented. After documenting the prominent features of the interdecadal climate transition, a review is presented in this paper on the proposed explanations to the observed changes. The proposed factors include the Indian Ocean and far western Pacific warming, the tropical central-eastern Pacific warming, the weakening sensible heat source over the Tibetan Plateau, and the aerosol forcing, as well as internal variability. While parts of the monsoon circulation changes can be explained in terms of the proposed mechanisms, it is still beyond the scope of our current knowledge to present a complete picture. Much remains to be learned about the mechanisms that produce such multi-decadal changes in the EASM, but it seems still unclear whether human activities and global warming are playing significant roles.

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Authors
Zhou, T., Gong, D., Li, J., & Li, B.
Venue
Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Publisher
Schweizerbart
Published
2009-08-01
Volume
18
Issue
4
Pages
455-467
ISSN
0941-2948 (ISSN-L)
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W2136311749
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435
References
54
FWCI
14.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Zhou, T., Gong, D., Li, J., & Li, B. (2009). Detecting and understanding the multi-decadal variability of the East Asian Summer Monsoon Recent progress and state of affairs. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2009/0396

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