Towards modeling the regional rainfall changes over Iran due to the climate forcing of the past 6000 years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14974360 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bijan Fallah (0000-0003-3302-2030), Sahar Sodoudi (0000-0003-2571-2904), Emmanuele Russo (0000-0002-2149-5685), Ingo Kirchner, Ulrich Cubasch (0000-0001-9628-4666) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 429 |
| Pages | 119-128 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-6182 • E-ISSN: 1873-4553 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.061 |
| OpenAlex | W1834595585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
We present a climate modeling approach to reproduce the rainfall patterns over Iran due to the climatic forcings during the past 6000 years. The selected periods are simulated using a spatially high-resolved atmosphere General Circulation Model (GCM). Our results show that the winter rainfall patterns over Iran have changed due to the changes in solar insolation with a wetter condition starting around 3 ka BP and reaching its maximum during the Medieval Climate Anomaly ca. 1 ka BP. The rainfall variability can be explained by the changes in atmospheric conditions as a result of changing incoming solar irradiance based on the Milankovitch theory. A shift in the Earth's energy budget leads to the modulation of the West Asian Subtropical Westerly Jet (WASWJ). The investigations support the hypothesis that during the Holocene a northward shift in the WASWJ contributes to the less cyclonic activities over Iran. This brings less moisture into the region during the winter
Anomaly (physics · Atmosphere (unit · Atmospheric Circulation · Atmospheric sciences · Climate change · Climate model · Climatology · Forcing (mathematics · General Circulation Model · Geography · Glacial period · Holocene · Insolation · Meteorology · Milankovitch cycles · Solar irradiance · Subtropics · Climate variability and models · Environmental Science · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Tree-ring climate responses · Geology · Oceanography
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |