Fig. 3: Contributions of surface albedo and thermal heat capacity to temperature change over the East Asia (EA) shelf area. | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Fig. 3: Contributions of surface albedo and thermal heat capacity to temperature change over the East Asia (EA) shelf area.

From: Continental shelf area inundation drove reduced temperature seasonality in East Asia during the last deglaciation

Fig. 3

a Topography (m) and b surface albedo (%) changes in EA_OCN minus EA_LND experiments. In EA_OCN minus EA_OCN_LndAlb experiments, only the surface albedo of the shelf area decreased. c Annual mean (ANN), June-July-August (JJA) minus December-January-February (DJF), JJA, and DJF temperature responses (°C) over the inundated shelf area. Gold, red, and blue bars represent the effects of land‒sea transition (EA_OCN minus EA_LND), decrease in surface albedo (EA_OCN minus EA_OCN_LndAlb), and increase in thermal heat capacity (EA_OCN_LndAlb minus EA_LND), respectively. d Same as (c), but for responses over EA (20°‒45° N, 100°‒130° E).

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