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European Geosciences Union, Climate of the Past, 5(9), p. 2085-2099, 2013

DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2085-2013

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Mid-Pliocene East Asian monsoon climate simulated in the PlioMIP

Journal article published in 2013 by R. Zhang, Q. Yan ORCID, Z. S. Zhang ORCID, D. Jiang, B. L. Otto-Bliesner ORCID, A. M. Haywood, D. J. Hill ORCID, A. M. Dolan ORCID, C. Stepanek ORCID, G. Lohmann ORCID, C. Contoux ORCID, F. Bragg ORCID, W.-L. Chan ORCID, M. A. Chandler ORCID, A. Jost and other authors.
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Abstract

Abstract. Based on simulations with 15 climate models in the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP), the regional climate of East Asia (focusing on China) during the mid-Pliocene is investigated in this study. Compared to the pre-industrial, the multi-model ensemble mean (MMM) of all models shows the East Asian summer winds (EASWs) largely strengthen in monsoon China, and the East Asian winter winds (EAWWs) strengthen in south monsoon China but slightly weaken in north monsoon China in the mid-Pliocene. The MMM of all models also illustrates a warmer and wetter mid-Pliocene climate in China. The simulated weakened mid-Pliocene EAWWs in north monsoon China and intensified EASWs in monsoon China agree well with geological reconstructions. However, there is a large model–model discrepancy in simulating mid-Pliocene EAWW, which should be further addressed in the future work of PlioMIP.