Phys.org June 29, 2020
An international team of researchers (USA – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UCLA, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Hong Kong, Nigeria, Senegal, Rwanda, Pakistan) used an ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) projections over seven regional CORDEX domains to provide an elaborate set of projections to date that illustrates possible futures for major monsoon regions. Each simulation covers the period from 1970 through 2100. They found that the weakening of latent heat driven atmospheric warming during the pre-monsoon period delays the overturning of atmospheric subsidence in the monsoon regions, which defers their transitioning into deep convective states. This causes delays in the onset of monsoon…read more. Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE
Monsoon onset and demise. Credit: Climate Dynamics (2020)