Past-to-Future Climate Change in Global and Regional Monsoons

Dear Colleagues,

The “global monsoon” (GM) is a response of Earth's climate system to annual variation of solar radiative forcing, and the GM region is home to about 60% of the global population. GM variability is synchronized with regional monsoons (RMs) via the modulation of the global-scale hydrological cycle and atmospheric circulation. However, observation-, model-, and proxy-based paleoclimate studies suggest distinct features and dynamics controlling RM variability and the non-stationarity in the relationship between GM and RMs. Despite considerable efforts, a comprehensive picture of GM and RM variability has not been firmly demonstrated yet, largely due to complex responses of sub-monsoon systems to internal and external forcing, the absence of long-​term paleoclimate proxy records, and lack in models’ capability of simulating the past, present, and future monsoon climate variability. The main purpose of this Special Issue is to examine the stationarity in monsoon variabilities and the GM–RM linkage across multiple timescales, from the past paleoclimate, to the modern climate, to the projected future climates due to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. Finally, this Special Issue aims to understand a transient monsoon climate change with divergent external forcings, such as orbital forcing, glacial boundary conditions, natural forcing (solar and volcanic), and anthropogenic forcing (aerosol and greenhouse gases).

Dr. Kyung-Sook Yun
Guest Editor

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• global monsoon
• regional monsoon
• transient climate change
• global hydrological cycle
• climate response to internal and external forcings