Simulation of North-East Asia Climate Change for the Last Glacial Maximum

Abstract

The LGM surface temperature is reduced by 4-12℃ in the north-east Asia and the reduction of surface temperature leads to the weakening of hydrological cycle with the reduction of precipitation by 44% in the LGM. Eventually, the climate is much drier in the LGM over northeast Asia, except around the Korean peninsula where a wet climate is simulated due to the marked surface cooling.