Fig. 6: Schematic diagram of the boreal Westerlies-modulated nuances of East Asian water vapor transport during short and long interstadials.
From: Interstadial diversity of East Asian summer monsoon linked to changes of the Northern Westerlies
a Summer air temperature change at 500 hPa (shading) between long interstadial and stadial (simulated Interstadial minus Stadial phases), and schematic boreal Westerlies (gray arrow) and low-level water vapor transport (black arrows) during the long DO warming events. b is the same as in (a), but the temperature change is between short interstadial and stadial (simulated Overshoot minus Stadial phases), and Westerlies and low-level water vapor transport are during the short DO warming events. The time periods of simulated Overshoot, Interstadial and Stadial phases refer to Fig. 4a. The definition of short, intermediate-long and super-long interstadials refers to Fig. 3. TP indicates the approximate location of the Tibetan Plateau. DO Dansgaard-Oeschger.
