The authors thank Prof.Chun-Ju Huang from the China University of Geosciences(Wuhan)for a useful discussion.This research was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(no.XDB26000000);the China National Key Basic Research Program(2014CB954201);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(nos.31570223,41690115,and 32000174);the State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany(nos.LSEB2019-1 and LSEB2019-4);and the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative(2018VBA0016).
The evolution of the Asian monsoon from the Late Oligocene to the Early Miocene is poorly understood.Here,we first reconstruct the precipitation data of central Tibet during 26–16 million years ago(Ma),applying the c...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB 955600);the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA11010103);the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund 2-1503 of the Japanese Ministry of Environment, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 25287120 and for Young Scientists 15H05466;the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41205049, 41275081, 41425019, 41525019, 41521005)
ENSO induces coherent climate anomalies over the Indo-western Pacific, but these anomalies outlast SST anomalies of the equatorial Pacific by a season, with major effects on the Asian summer monsoon. This review provi...
The National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China under contract No.2010CB951203;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41376075,41576061 and 41206057
The response of mangrove ecosystems to the Asian monsoon in the future global warming can be understood by reconstructing the development of mangrove forests during the Holocene climatic optimum(HCO), using proxies ...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB950403 and 2012CB417203);the Special Fund for Public Welfare Industry(meteorology)administered by the Chinese Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Science and Technology(GYHY201406001);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41275088,91337216,and40925015)
This paper reviews progress in the study of Tibetan Plateau(TP) climate dynamics over the past decade.Several theoretical frameworks, including thermal adaptation and the TP sensible heat(SH) driving air-pump, have be...
Environmental influences upon energy balance in areas of different vegetation types (i.e., forest at Kog-Ma in Thailand and at Yakutsk in Russia, grassland at Amdo in Chinese Tibet and at Arvaikheer in Mongolia, and ...
supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB03020601);the National Basic Research Program of China(2010CB833406);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41290255 and 41075067)
As one of the most important geological events in Cenozoic era,the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau(TP)has had profound influences on the Asian and global climate and environment evolution.During the past four decades,ma...
supported by National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB421406);National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40905041);Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-QN202);National Key Scientific Research Project of Global Changes Research of China (Grant No. 2010CB950304)
Here we propose a new concept,the Pan-Asian monsoon,and use empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis and linear regression approach to define it and to analyze the monsoon-related rainfall variability.The Pan-Asia...
supported jointly by the National Basic Research Program of China 973 Projects (Grant No. 2010CB950403);the National Special Scientific Research Project for Public Interest (Meteorology) (Grant No. GYHY201006021);the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No. KZCX2-EW-QN204);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40975046)
Recent advances in the study of the characteristics, processes, and causes of spatio-temporal variabilities of the East Asian monsoon (EAM) system are reviewed in this paper. The understanding of the EAM system has ...
National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.40825008,41075067,40921120406);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2010CB833406)
Tectonic uplift of the Tibetan Plateau(TP) is a major event in the recent geological history of the earth,which produced far-reaching impacts on the Asian and global climates and environments.Since the 1970 s,with the...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U0833602);the National Basic Research Program of China(2007CB411805 and 2010CB950400)
Study of the tropospheric biennial oscillation (TBO) has attracted significant interest since the 1980s.However,the mechanism that drives this process is still unclear.In the present study,ECMWF daily data were applie...