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Special Issue "Quaternary Westerlies and Monsoon Interaction in Asia"

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/Quaternary_Monsoon

Deadline for manuscript submissions  extend to Feb 28, 2023.

Two atmospheric circulation systems, the mid-latitude westerlies and Asian monsoons, play key roles in climatic changes in the Northern Hemisphere. Increased examination of the palaeoclimate records over the past few decades has helped us to understand the history of and variability in the Asian monsoonal climate and its relationship with global changes. The records have revealed that precipitation/moisture variations between westerlies-dominated arid Central Asia and the East Asian monsoonal area are out-of-phase or anti-phased on different timescales during the Holocene. However, interaction regarding interregional atmospheric circulation between mid-latitude westerlies and Asian monsoon circulation during the Quaternary is still a controversial topic. For this Special Issue, we seek articles regarding the state-of-the-art research advancements in Quaternary paleoclimate changes on orbital to millennial timescales in Asia. These can be based on various geological and paleontological records such as eolian sediments (loess, red earth, etc.), lacustrine, stalagmite, peat, snails, sporopollen, ice core, marine records and Quaternary dating methods. The research topics of interest are as follows:

• Climate change concerning westerlies in Central Asia;

• Aridification history in Inner Asia;

• Dust sources and atmosphere circulation;

• East Asian monsoon and Indian monsoon climate change;

• Westerlies–monsoon interaction in the Asian-Pacific area;

• Driving mechanisms of Quaternary climate change;

• Numerical simulations on the effects of different external forces on Asian westerlies–monsoonal climate;

• Quaternary dating methods.