Abstract
Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) simulated warmer sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the South China Sea (SCS) for the mid-Holocene scenario compared to the pre-Industrial. Previous sensitivity experiments using the atmospheric component of the CCSM4, the Community Atmospheric Model version 4 (CAM4), showed that warmer SSTs in the SCS suppresses rainfall over Borneo, which is in-contrary to the effect of the stronger insolation over the island. In this study, we show that warmer SSTs in the SCS, as simulated in the CCSM4, is responding to a weaker low-level wind impacted by the stronger convectional rainfall over Borneo due to stronger insolation. These results suggest that warmer SSTs in the SCS might act as a negative feedback which damps the effect of the stronger insolation on rainfall changes over Borneo.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 012009 |
| Journal | IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |
| Volume | 925 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 6 2021 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 3rd International Conference on Maritime Sciences and Advanced Technology, MSAT 2021 - Pangandaran, Virtual, Indonesia Duration: Aug 5 2021 → Aug 6 2021 |
Bibliographical note
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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Environmental Science
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
