Figure 4: Monsoon response to melting water on the millennial timescale.

Differences of key meteorological variables between H1 (17.0–15.5 ka) and Bølling-Allerød (14.8–14.0 ka) for EASM (a,b) and EAWM (c,d). Surface air temperature (colour) and sea level pressure (contour) are shown in a,c. Winds and total precipitation are shown in b,d.