Discovery of North America’s role in Asia’s monsoons offers new insights into climate change (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

Discovery of North America’s role in Asia’s monsoons offers new insights into climate change

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  1. Mechanism Schematic of North American teleconnection to Asian summer monsoon. North American continent creates a heating center in summer. This then creates atmospheric ripple effects, which strengthens North Pacific subtropical high-pressure system and widens the north Hadley cell. This enhanced anticyclone pushes stronger westward flows toward Asia, exciting deeper convection, brings more moisture from the ocean, and thus intensifies rainfall over East and South Asia.

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