Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

Authors
Joussaume, S Taylor, KE Braconnot, P Mitchell, JFB Kutzbach, JE Harrison, SP Prentice, IC Broccoli, AJ Abe-Ouchi, A Bartlein, PJ Bonfils, C Dong, B Guiot, J Herterich, K Hewitt, CD Jolly, D Kim, JW Kislov, A Kitoh, A Loutre, MF Masson, V McAvaney, B McFarlane, N de Noblet, N Peltier, WR Peterschmitt, JY Pollard, D Rind, D Royer, JF Schlesinger, ME Syktus, J Thompson, S Valdes, P Vettoretti, G Webb, RS Wyputta, U
Citation
S. Joussaume et al., Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP), GEOPHYS R L, 26(7), 1999, pp. 859-862
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
ISSN journal
00948276 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
7
Year of publication
1999
Pages
859 - 862
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(19990401)26:7<859:MCF6YA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Amplification of the northern hemisphere seasonal cycle of insolation durin g 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 si mulations are related to differences in model formulation. Despite qualitat ive agreement with paleoecological estimates of biome shifts, the magnitude of the monsoon increases over northern Africa are underestimated by all th e models.