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标题：Potential Influences of Volcanic Eruptions on Future Global Land Monsoon Precipitation Changes
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作者：Wenmin Man ; Meng Zuo ; Tianjun Zhou 等
期刊名称：Earth's Future
电子版ISSN：2328-4277
出版年度：2021
卷号：9
期号：3
页码：e2020EF001803
DOI：10.1029/2020EF001803
出版社：John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
摘要：The global monsoon system is of exceptional socioeconomic importance owing to its impacts on two‐thirds of the globe’s population. Major volcanic eruptions strongly influence global land monsoon (GLM) precipitation change. By using 60 plausible eruption scenarios sampled from reconstructed volcanic proxies over the past 2,500 years, 21st century volcanic influences on GLM precipitation projections are examined with an Earth system model under a moderate emission scenario. The decadal‐scale ensemble spread with realistic eruptions (VOLC) increases by 17.5% and 20.1% compared to no‐volcanic (NO‐VOLC) and constant background‐volcanic (VOLC‐CONST) scenarios, respectively. Compared with NO‐VOLC, the centennial mean VOLC GLM precipitation shows a 10% overall reduction and regionally, Asia is the most impacted. Changes in atmospheric circulation in the aftermath of large volcanic eruptions match the global warming response patterns well with opposite sign, with the North American monsoon precipitation enhanced following large volcanic eruptions, which is in sharp contrast to the robust decrease in Asian monsoon rainfall. Volcanic activity could delay the time of emergence of anthropogenic influence by five years on average over about 60% of the GLM area. Our results demonstrate the importance of statistical representation of potential volcanism for the projections of future monsoon variability. Quantifying volcanic impacts on regional climate projections and their socioeconomic influences on infrastructure planning, food security, and disaster management should be a priority of future work. Plain Language Abstract Understanding and predicting future global monsoon changes is critically important owing to its impacts on about two‐thirds of population. Robust posteruption signals in the monsoon climate raise the question of their potential for a role in future climate. However, major volcanic eruptions are generally not included in current projection scenarios because they are inherently unpredictable events. By using 60 plausible eruption scenarios sampled from reconstructed volcanic proxies over the past 2,500 years, we revealed the volcanic impacts on the future changes of summer precipitation over global and submonsoon regions. Episodic volcanic forcing not only leads to a 10% overall reduction of the centennial global land monsoon (GLM) precipitation, but also causes larger ensemble spread (∼20%) compared to no‐volcanic and constant background‐volcanic scenarios. Moreover, volcanic activity is projected to delay the time of emergence of anthropogenic GLM precipitation changes by five years on average over about 60% of the GLM area. Our results demonstrate the added value of incorporating major volcanic eruptions in monsoon projections.
关键词：climate projections;episodic volcanic eruptions;global land monsoon;summer precipitation;time of emergence