Can Global Warming Strengthen the East Asian Summer Monsoon?

• Published in: Journal of climate Vol. 23; no. 24; pp. 6696 - 6705
• Main Authors: Li, Jianping, Wu, Zhiwei, Jiang, Zhihong, He, Jinhai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 15.12.2010
• Subjects: 21st century; Aerosols; Atmospheric circulation; Atmospheric models; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide concentration; Climate change; Climate models; Coexistence; Datasets; Decadal variations; Drought; Earth, ocean, space; East Asian monsoon; El Nino; El Nino phenomena; El Nino-Southern Oscillation event; Exact sciences and technology; Experiments; External geophysics; General circulation models; Global warming; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Jet stream; Jet streams (meteorology); Long-term changes; Marine; Meteorology; Monsoon trough; Monsoons; Native North Americans; NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE; Precipitation; Rain; Rainfall; Rainfall amount; Southern Oscillation; Summer; Summer monsoon; Surface temperature; Trends; Weather; Wind; West Pacific; Asia; China; Japan; Philippine Sea; Pacific Ocean; China Sea; Far East; India; Yangtze River; China, People's Rep., Changjiang R; ISEW, Philippine Sea; INW, Japan; trend-surface analysis; Westerly wind; El Nino Southern Oscillation; tropical zone; East Asia; subtropical zone; Modeling; greenhouse gas; El Nino; Southern oscillation; Monsoon low; Jet (atmosphere, ocean); Jet stream; Rainy season; Natural hazards; climate change; Coupled model; rainfall; atmospheric precipitation; Regional scope; climate warming; Summer monsoon; Dynamical climatology; global change; Decadal variation

The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) tends to be intensified in a global-warming scenario, with a weakened linkage with El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), but how the East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) responds is still an open question. This study investigates the responses of the EASM from observations...