Remote influence of southern Tibetan plateau heating on North Pacific atmospheric rivers

Y Zhao, M Lu, L Zhang, TF Cheng - Journal of Climate, 2025 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study examines the remote influence of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) diabatic heating on
atmospheric river (AR) activity in the North Pacific. First, we identify a sensitive heating …

Human-induced warming accelerates local evapotranspiration and precipitation recycling over the Tibetan Plateau

TF Cheng, D Chen, B Wang, T Ou, M Lu - Communications Earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau faces changing precipitation and environmental conditions
affecting alpine ecosystems and downstream freshwater sustainability. While aerosol …

How much we know about precipitation climatology over Tianshan Mountains––the Central Asian water tower

C Jin, B Wang, TF Cheng, L Dai, T Wang - npj Climate and Atmospheric …, 2024 - nature.com
Tianshan Mountains are the headwater regions for the central Asia rivers, providing water
resources for ecological protection and economic development in semiarid regions. Due to …

Global Lagrangian tracking of continental precipitation recycling, footprints, and cascades

TF Cheng, M Lu - Journal of Climate, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study addresses how moisture in continental precipitation is recycled globally from a
moisture-tracking perspective. Using a state-of-the-art three-dimensional Lagrangian model …

Subseasonal features of the Indian monsoon

L Dai, TF Cheng, B Wang, M Lu - Journal of Climate, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Indian monsoon is of utmost concern to agriculture, the economy, and the livelihoods of
billions in South Asia. However, little attention has been paid to the possibility of distinct …

Anthropogenic warming disrupts intraseasonal monsoon stages and brings dry-get-wetter climate in future East Asia

L Dai, TF Cheng, M Lu - Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2022 - nature.com
East Asia will face a skewed monsoon cycle with soaring flood, drought, and weather
whiplash risks in a warming climate. In our objective eight-intraseasonal-monsoon-stage …

Future precipitation changes in three key sub-regions of East Asia: the roles of thermodynamics and dynamics

J Li, Y Zhao, D Chen, Y Kang, H Wang - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Previous studies have projected an increase in future summer precipitation across East Asia
(EA). This study investigates the relative contributions of thermodynamic and dynamic …

Genomic vulnerability to climate change in Quercus acutissima, a dominant tree species in East Asian deciduous forests

S Yuan, Y Shi, BF Zhou, YY Liang, XY Chen… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the evolutionary processes that shape the landscape of genetic variation and
influence the response of species to future climate change is critical for biodiversity …

Asia faces a growing threat from intraseasonal compound weather whiplash

B Fang, M Lu - Earth's Future, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The sudden swings between drought/heat and pluvial could cause adverse impacts far
surpassing the sum of their individual effect. We propose a concept of intraseasonal …

A dual regime of mesoscale convective systems in the East Asian monsoon annual cycle

TF Cheng, Q Dong, L Dai, M Lu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Eastern China is perennially hit by mesoscale convective systems (MCSs), yet it remains an
open question as to whether and how their general properties change throughout the …