Mingda Wang

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Could someone give some advice on the wind field on TP at different altitudes?

Dear All, There are two figures attached that show the isobars of atmospheric circulation on TP. For the green one, arrows indicate the wind field in JJA on the ground (1000hPa). For the other...

12 January 2015 2,740 4 View

Is Guliya influenced by monsoonal precipitation?

In this paper, Lonnie mentioned the precipitation regime of Guliya is monsoonal, however, the oxygen isotope of Guliya is obviously different from classic monsoon-dominated areas in East Asian?...

18 October 2014 1,060 10 View

What's the evolution history for ice sheets in polar regions during the Holocene?

As I know, palaeoclimatologists use benthic foraminifera oxygen isotope to reconstruct the ice volume. However, this contains both Arctic and Antarctica information. Shall we separate the signal?...

18 October 2014 1,066 4 View

What is the difference between insolation and solar irradiance?

In paleoclimate research, there always talking about the forcing factors, such as insolation and solar irradiance. However, I could not make it clear the difference between them. I have some...

11 October 2014 1,191 16 View

What‘s the advantage of cellulose compared to leaf wax?

As we know, both cellulose oxygen isotope and leaf wax hydrogen isotope could record the isotope information of precipitation. However, for cellulose, most case studies focus on peat study. For...

24 September 2014 8,318 2 View

Is anyone familiar with the early Holocene climate situation in western TP?

Hi everyone, I read the paper below, the author mentioned there is a wetter condition in western TP from terrace study. It explains about the effects of the Indian Monsoon. However, I am wondering...

18 September 2014 8,564 3 View

Can we call monsoon system an atmospheric circulation?

It puzzled me for a period whether monsoon system is what we call atmospheric circulation or not. Unlike westerlies or trade winds, the planetary wind belt existed in different latitude, monsoon...

16 September 2014 329 4 View

What's the differences between westerlies and the monsoon system?

Does some one know if there is any record of precipitation isotope in westerlies controlled region? For example, Xinjiang or Central Asia. There are plenty of records of monsoon precipitation...

15 September 2014 5,234 3 View

What‘s the differences in citing the insolation data in paleoclimate research?

As we know, insolation is one of most important external forcing when we decipher the paleoclimate data. Except classic work by Berger in 1978 and 1991 paper, there are two more important paper....

14 September 2014 7,607 1 View

Does the interplay between monsoon system and the westerlies really exist?

In recent years, more attentions on the discussions about the atmospheric circulations in Asian. Paleoclimatologists tell their science story from different archives, such as lacustrine and loess...

14 September 2014 1,795 2 View