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Short-term variability in the dates of the Indian monsoon onset and retreat on the southern and northern slopes of the central Himalayas as determined by precipitation stable isotopes

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This project launched the first study to compare the stable isotopes (δ18O and δD) in daily precipitation at Kathmandu (located on the southern slope of the central Himalayas) and Tingri (located on the northern slope). The results show that low δ18O and δD values of summer precipitation at the two stations were closely related to intense convection of the Indian monsoon. However, summer δ18O and δD values at Tingri were lower than those at Kathmandu, a result of the lift effect of the Himalayas, coupled with convection disturbances and lower temperatures at Tingri. In winter, the relatively high δ18O and δD values at the two stations appears to have resulted from the influence of the westerlies. Compared with those during the summer, the subsidence of the westerlies and northerly winds resulted in relatively high δ18O and δD values of the winter precipitation at Tingri. Winter δ18O and δD values at Kathmandu far exceeded those at Tingri, due to more intense advection of the southern branch of the westerlies, and higher temperatures and relative humidity at Kathmandu. The detailed differences in stable isotopes between the two stations follow short-term variability in the onset date of the Indian monsoon and its retreat across the central Himalayas. During the sampling period, the Indian monsoon onset at Tingri occurred approximately 1 week later than that at Kathmandu. However, the retreat at Tingri began roughly 3 days earlier. Clearly, the duration of the Indian monsoon effects last longer at Kathmandu than that at Tingri. Our findings also indicate that the India monsoon travels slowly northward across the central Himalayas due to the blocking of the Himalayas, but retreats quickly.

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This work was jointly supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41190081), the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB03030207) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91437110, 41371086, and 41125003). The authors gratefully acknowledge the NOAA Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) for the provision of the HYSPLIT transport model (http://ready.arl.noaa.gov/HYSPLIT.php) used in this publication. NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA, provided NCEP reanalysis-derived data, via their website: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/.

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    Wusheng Yu, Tandong Yao, Lide Tian, Yaoming Ma, Rong Wen, Weicai Wang & Dongmei Qu

  2. CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Beijing, China

    Wusheng Yu, Tandong Yao, Lide Tian & Yaoming Ma

  3. Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

    Lochan P. Devkota & Tek B. Chhetri

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Yu, W., Yao, T., Tian, L. et al. Short-term variability in the dates of the Indian monsoon onset and retreat on the southern and northern slopes of the central Himalayas as determined by precipitation stable isotopes. Clim Dyn 47, 159–172 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-015-2829-1

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