A critical humidity threshold for monsoon transitions
dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage | 535 | eng |
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue | 2 | eng |
dc.bibliographicCitation.journalTitle | Climate of the Past | eng |
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage | 544 | eng |
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume | 8 | |
dc.contributor.author | Schewe, J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Levermann, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cheng, H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-28T12:06:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-26T17:18:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.description.abstract | Monsoon systems around the world are governed by the so-called moisture-advection feedback. Here we show that, in a minimal conceptual model, this feedback implies a critical threshold with respect to the atmospheric specific humidity qo over the ocean adjacent to the monsoon region. If qo falls short of this critical value qoc, monsoon rainfall over land cannot be sustained. Such a case could occur if evaporation from the ocean was reduced, e.g. due to low sea surface temperatures. Within the restrictions of the conceptual model, we estimate qoc from present-day reanalysis data for four major monsoon systems, and demonstrate how this concept can help understand abrupt variations in monsoon strength on orbital timescales as found in proxy records. | eng |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | eng |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.34657/714 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/628 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | München : European Geopyhsical Union | eng |
dc.relation.doi | https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-535-2012 | |
dc.rights.license | CC BY 3.0 Unported | eng |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | eng |
dc.subject.ddc | 550 | eng |
dc.subject.other | advection | eng |
dc.subject.other | climate change | eng |
dc.subject.other | climate feedback | eng |
dc.subject.other | conceptual framework | eng |
dc.subject.other | evaporation | eng |
dc.subject.other | humidity | eng |
dc.subject.other | marine atmosphere | eng |
dc.subject.other | moisture | eng |
dc.subject.other | monsoon | eng |
dc.subject.other | numerical model | eng |
dc.subject.other | proxy climate record | eng |
dc.subject.other | rainfall | eng |
dc.subject.other | sea surface temperature | eng |
dc.title | A critical humidity threshold for monsoon transitions | eng |
dc.type | Article | eng |
dc.type | Text | eng |
tib.accessRights | openAccess | eng |
wgl.contributor | PIK | eng |
wgl.subject | Geowissenschaften | eng |
wgl.type | Zeitschriftenartikel | eng |
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