Solar activity and the westerlies dominate decadal hydroclimatic changes over arid Central Asia

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Yan, Dongna, Xu, Hai, Lan, Jianghu, Zhou, Kangen, Ye, Yuanda, Zhang, Jixiao, An, Zhisheng, Yeager, Kevin M.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2019
• Subjects: Arid Central Asia; Westerly; Water vapor sources; Glacier; Solar activity; Lake Karakul; NORTH-ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE MOISTURE EVOLUTION; TIEN-SHAN; GLACIER FLUCTUATIONS; BOSTEN LAKE; ICE-AGE; CLIMATE; RECORD; PRECIPITATION; VARIABILITY; Physical Geography; Geology; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Ela; Plateau Central; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/14344; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.12.006

Hydroclimatic changes over arid central Asia (ACA) are not fully understood, primarily due to the paucity of accurate, high-resolution climatic records. Here we reconstruct hydroclimatic changes over the past 160 years at Lake Karakul, Pamir Plateau (central Asia), using multiple, high-resolution (s...