Is the winter monsoon strength really linked to the deposition over the Chinese Loess Plateau?
Channel: TheO1ivia
Date: 02/05/2021

Changes in grain size and Mass accumulation rate in the Chinese Loess Deposits are typically used to infer the variability of East Asian winter monsoon strength in the past. However the mechanisms linking dust deposition over the Loess Plateau and East Asian winter monsoon remain elusive. In this study, we employ a lagrangian particle dispersion model FLEXPART to simulate the dust deposition at seven Loess sites around the Chinese Loess Plateau during the last 20 years, and examine the potential linkage  between East Asian winter monsoon strength and dust deposition at present day on interannual scale.