摘要
亚非夏季风降水对当地农业、水资源管理、粮食安全以及生态系统等均有广泛影响,其对全球变暖的响应特征是一个重要的科学问题。本研究基于上新世模式比较计划(PlioMIP2)的15个上新世暖期模式模拟数据和第六次国际耦合模式比较计划(CMIP6)的31个高排放情景SSP5-8.5模式模拟数据,对比分析了上新世暖期和未来增暖背景下亚非夏季风降水变化特征的差异及其成因机制。结果表明:在这两类气候增暖背景下,亚非夏季风降水都呈增加的趋势,然而对应于全球平均1℃升温,季风降水在上新世暖期的强度增幅(0.24 mm/day/℃)明显大于其在未来增暖情景的强度增幅(0.17 mm/day/℃),前者降水异常值约为后者的1.4倍。这种差异主要源于,对应于全球平均1℃升温,上新世暖期中高纬增温幅度显著强于未来增暖情景,而低纬度较小。上新世暖期低纬和北半球中高纬度之间的经向温度梯度减弱幅度更大,有利于亚非夏季风环流显著增强,从而导致亚非夏季风降水强度显著强于未来增暖时期。本研究表明,气候增暖背景下低纬与中高纬度之间的经向温度梯度变化对亚非夏季风具有显著影响,准确衡量暖期南-北半球间经向温度梯度的变化对预估区域季风和水循环变化至关重要。
The change in the Afro⁃Asian summer monsoon(AfroASM)rainfall has a wide impact on local agriculture,water resource management,food security and ecosystems,and its response to global warming is an important socio⁃economic topic.Based on the 15 Pliocene simulations from the Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2(PlioMIP2)and the 31 shared socio⁃economic pathway(SSP)5⁃8.5 experiments from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6(CMIP6),the present study contrasts the AfroASM rainfall changes and its potential mechanisms between the Pliocene and future global warming climate.The results show that the AfroASM rainfall is increased in both two warm climates,but the intensity of monsoonal rainfall is quite different.The multi⁃model ensemble(MME)mean increase of AfroASM rainfall in the past warm climate is about 1.4 times larger than that in the future warming climate for the same increase of global mean surface temperature(the regional rainfall increase in the MME mean:about 0.24 mm/day/℃in the Pliocene versus about 0.17 mm/day/℃in the SSP5⁃8.5 future projections).Such a striking discrepancy in the AfroASM rainfall intensity is mainly attributed to a dramatically stronger warming over the mid⁃high latitudes during the Pliocene relative to the future warming scenario.The more significant northern mid⁃high latitudes warming during the Pliocene decrease the meridional temperature gradient between the tropics and northern mid⁃high latitudes,which could result in a strengthened monsoonal circulation,inducing increased rainfall.Our results highlight that the meridional temperature gradient changes between mid⁃high latitudes and tropics has a significant influence on the AfroASM circulation/rainfall under warmer climates.And it is important to accurately measure the meridional temperature gradient changes to predict the regional monsoon and water cycle changes under a warmer climate.
作者
韩子轩
曲姝霖
方恒
苏涛
李根
封国林
HAN Zixuan;QU Shulin;FANG Heng;SU Tao;LI Gen;FENG Guolin(College of Oceanography,Hohai University,Nanjing 210023,Jiangsu;State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology,Institute of Earth Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xi'an 710061,Shaanxi;College of Atmospheric Sciences,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,Gansu;College of Physical Science and Technology,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225002,Jiangsu;Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory,Zhuhai 511458,Guangdong;Laboratory for Climate Studies,National Climate Center,China Meteorological Administration,Beijing 100081)
出处
《第四纪研究》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2023年第4期965-976,共12页
Quaternary Sciences
基金
国家自然科学基金项目(批准号:41831175、42130610、42175071和42106016)
中国博士后科学基金项目(批准号:2022M711003)
中国科学院地球环境研究所黄土与第四纪地质国家重点实验室开放基金项目(批准号:SKLLQG2212)共同资助。
关键词
亚非夏季风降水
上新世暖期
未来增暖情景
经向温度梯度
亚非夏季风环流
Afro⁃Asian summer monsoon rainfall
Pliocene warm period
future warming scenario
meridional temperature gradient
Afro⁃Asian summer monsoon circulation