Synergy of the westerly winds and monsoons in the lake evolution of global closed basins since the Last Glacial Maximum and implications for hydrological change in central Asia

Li, Yu; Zhang, Yuxin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2239-2020

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2239-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-16-2239-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 6

Research article

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19 Nov 2020

Research article |

| 19 Nov 2020

Synergy of the westerly winds and monsoons in the lake evolution of global closed basins since the Last Glacial Maximum and implications for hydrological change in central Asia

Yu Li and Yuxin Zhang

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RC1: 'Comments to Synergy of the westerly winds and monsoons in lake evolution of global closed basins since the LGM', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Jun 2020
- AC1: 'Interactive comment on “Synergy of the westerly winds and monsoons in lake evolution of global closed basins since the Last Glacial Maximum” by Yu Li and Yuxin Zhang', Yu Li, 24 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Comments CP-2020-53', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Aug 2020
- AC2: 'Interactive comment on “Synergy of the westerly winds and monsoons in lake evolution of global closed basins since the Last Glacial Maximum” by Yu Li and Yuxin Zhang', Yu Li, 18 Aug 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Sep 2020) by Julie Loisel

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ED: Publish as is (01 Oct 2020) by Julie Loisel

AR by Yu Li on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Monsoons and westerly winds interact with each other in the middle to low latitudes. We track millennial-scale evolution characteristics of monsoons and westerly winds over the past 21 000 years. In the monsoon-dominated regions of Asia, a humid climate prevails in the past 6000–10 000 years, while in the westerly-wind-dominated regions of Asia, the climate is relatively humid around 21 000 years and 6000 years ago.