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Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)
Author(s) -
Joussaume S.,
Taylor K. E.,
Braconnot P.,
Mitchell J. F. B.,
Kutzbach J. E.,
Harrison S. P.,
Prentice I. C.,
Broccoli A. J.,
AbeOuchi A.,
Bartlein P. J.,
Bonfils C.,
Dong B.,
Guiot J.,
Herterich K.,
Hewitt C. D.,
Jolly D.,
Kim J. W.,
Kislov A.,
Kitoh A.,
Loutre M. F.,
Masson V.,
McAvaney B.,
McFarlane N.,
de Noblet N.,
Peltier W. R.,
Peterschmitt J. Y.,
Pollard D.,
Rind D.,
Royer J. F.,
Schlesinger M. E.,
Syktus J.,
Thompson S.,
Valdes P.,
Vettoretti G.,
Webb R. S.,
Wyputta U.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/1999gl900126
Subject(s) - monsoon , climatology , paleoclimatology , northern hemisphere , precipitation , holocene , insolation , environmental science , biome , coupled model intercomparison project , monsoon of south asia , atmospheric sciences , climate model , geology , climate change , meteorology , geography , oceanography , ecosystem , ecology , biology
Amplification of the northern hemisphere seasonal cycle of insolation during the mid‐Holocene causes a northward shift of the main regions of monsoon precipitation over Africa and India in all 18 simulations conducted for the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). Differences among simulations are related to differences in model formulation. Despite qualitative agreement with paleoecological estimates of biome shifts, the magnitude of the monsoon increases over northern Africa are underestimated by all the models.