Simulation of paleoclimate over East Asia at 6 ka BP and 21 ka BP by a regional climate model
Simulation of paleoclimate over East Asia at 6 ka BP and 21 ka BP by a regional climate model
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DOI:
10.1007/s00382-004-0452-7
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发表时间:
2004-08
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4.6
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Yiqun Zheng;Yiqun Zheng;Gui Yu;Sumin Wang;Bin Xue;D. Q. Zhuo;Xin-Min Zeng;H. Liu
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Yiqun Zheng;Yiqun Zheng;Gui Yu;Sumin Wang;Bin Xue;D. Q. Zhuo;Xin-Min Zeng;H. Liu
Using a regional climate model with detailed land surface processes (RegCM2), East Asian monsoon climates at 6áka BP and 21áka BP are simulated by prescribing vegetation and employing paleovegetation respectively in order to examine land surface effects on East Asian climate system and the potential mechanisms for climate change. The RegCM2 with a 120 Î 120ákm2resolution has simulated the enlargement of the seasonal cycle of insolation, the temperature rising the whole year, and the reduction of perpetual snow in high latitudes at 6áka BP. The simulation shows the East Asian summer monsoon strengthening, precipitation andP–Eincreasing, and the monsoon rain belt shifting westwards and northwards. Effect of paleovegetation included in the modeling reduced surface albedo and caused an increase in the winter temperature, which led to weakening of the winter continental cold anticyclone over China. The results make the seasonal characteristics of simulated temperature changes in better agreement with the geological records, and are an improvement over previous simulations of Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). The RegCM2 simulated the 21áka BP climate with lowered temperature throughout the year, and with precipitation reduced in most areas of East Asia (but increased in both the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia). Low temperature over East Asia led to the strengthening of the East Asian winter monsoon and the shrinking of the summer monsoon. The effect of paleovegetation included in the experiment has enlarged the glacial climate influence in East Asia, which is closer to geological data than the PMIP simulations directly driven by insolation, glaciation and low CO2concentration.