Identifying the relationships between moisture changes in arid central Asia and those in East
Asia may help us understand the interplay between the westerlies and the Asian summer …

Abstract The East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) is a complex system that brings
precipitation to East Asia showing considerable spatiotemporal variations. This study …

We synthesize palaeoclimate records from the mid-latitude arid Asian region dominated
today by the Westerlies (“arid central Asia”(ACA)) to evaluate spatial and temporal patterns …

The response of precipitation over arid Central Asia since the mid Holocene is long
considered to be controlled by astronomical insolation-induced changes in the westerlies …

Abstract The mid-Holocene (MH; 6 ka) is one of the benchmark periods for the Paleoclimate
Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) and provides a unique opportunity to study …

Paleoclimate records of effective moisture (precipitation minus evaporation, or P–E) show a
dry (low effective moisture) period in mid-latitude arid/semi-arid central Asia during the early …

The moisture history in arid central Asia (ACA) differs from that in the Asian monsoon region
during the Holocene. Much less is known about causes of Holocene moisture changes in …

Cretaceous stratigraphy in the mid-to low-latitude Asia indicates that the climate was overall
dry with large variations in aridity in timescales of 1–100 ka, different from the present-day …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that there are major differences in the timing of
maximum Holocene precipitation between the monsoonal East Asia and westerly dominated …

Central Asia lies at the convergence between the Mediterranean and Asian monsoon
climates, and there is a complex interaction between the westerlies with the monsoon to …