Articles | Volume 2, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-1187-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-2-1187-2021
Research article
 | 
07 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 07 Dec 2021

Synoptic processes of winter precipitation in the Upper Indus Basin

Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Michael Herzog, and Cameron A. Petrie

Related authors

Patterns of changing surface climate variability from the Last Glacial Maximum to present in transient model simulations
Elisa Ziegler, Nils Weitzel, Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Marie-Luise Kapsch, Uwe Mikolajewicz, Lauren Gregoire, Ruza Ivanovic, Paul J. Valdes, Christian Wirths, and Kira Rehfeld
Clim. Past, 21, 627–659, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-627-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-627-2025, 2025
Short summary
Testing the reliability of global surface temperature reconstructions of the Last Glacial Cycle with pseudo-proxy experiments
Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Nils Weitzel, Maximilian May, Lukas Jonkers, Andrew M. Dolman, and Kira Rehfeld
Clim. Past, 21, 381–403, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-381-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-381-2025, 2025
Short summary
Western disturbances and climate variability: a review of recent developments
Kieran M. R. Hunt, Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Andrew G. Turner, A. P. Dimri, Ghulam Jeelani, Pooja, Rajib Chattopadhyay, Forest Cannon, T. Arulalan, M. S. Shekhar, T. P. Sabin, and Eliza Palazzi
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 43–112, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-43-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-43-2025, 2025
Short summary
Towards spatio-temporal comparison of simulated and reconstructed sea surface temperatures for the last deglaciation
Nils Weitzel, Heather Andres, Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Marie-Luise Kapsch, Uwe Mikolajewicz, Lukas Jonkers, Oliver Bothe, Elisa Ziegler, Thomas Kleinen, André Paul, and Kira Rehfeld
Clim. Past, 20, 865–890, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-865-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-20-865-2024, 2024
Short summary
Refining data–data and data–model vegetation comparisons using the Earth mover's distance (EMD)
Manuel Chevalier, Anne Dallmeyer, Nils Weitzel, Chenzhi Li, Jean-Philippe Baudouin, Ulrike Herzschuh, Xianyong Cao, and Andreas Hense
Clim. Past, 19, 1043–1060, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1043-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1043-2023, 2023
Short summary

Related subject area

Dynamical processes in the tropics, incl. tropical–extratropical interactions
Saharan warm-air intrusions in the western Mediterranean: identification, impacts on temperature extremes, and large-scale mechanisms
Pep Cos, Matias Olmo, Diego Campos, Raül Marcos-Matamoros, Lluís Palma, Ángel G. Muñoz, and Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 609–626, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-609-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-609-2025, 2025
Short summary
Weather systems associated with synoptic variability in the moist margin
Corey Robinson, Sugata Narsey, Christian Jakob, and Hanh Nguyen
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 369–385, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-369-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-369-2025, 2025
Short summary
Atmospheric mixed Rossby–gravity waves over the tropical Pacific during the austral summer
Hugo A. Braga and Victor Magaña
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 265–277, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-265-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-265-2025, 2025
Short summary
Sensitivity of tropical orographic precipitation to wind speed with implications for future projections
Quentin Nicolas and William R. Boos
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 231–244, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-231-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-231-2025, 2025
Short summary
Pacific Decadal Oscillation-driven interdecadal variability of snowfall over the Karakoram and the Western Himalayas
Priya Bharati, Pranab Deb, and Kieran Mark Rainwater Hunt
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 197–210, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-197-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-197-2025, 2025
Short summary

Cited articles

Agnihotri, C. and Singh, M.: Satellite study of western disturbances, Mausam, 33, 249–254, 1982. a
Ahmed, F., Adnan, S., and Latif, M.: Impact of jet stream and associated mechanisms on winter precipitation in Pakistan, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 132, 225–238, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-019-00683-8, 2019. a, b, c
Bao, J.-W., Michelson, S. A., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., and Wilczak, J. M.: Interpretation of Enhanced Integrated Water Vapor Bands Associated with Extratropical Cyclones: Their Formation and Connection to Tropical Moisture, Mon. Weather Rev., 134, 1063–1080, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3123.1, 2006. a
Baudouin, J.-P.: A modelling perspective on precipitation in the Indus River Basin: from synoptic to Holocene variability, PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.68377, 2020. a, b, c, d, e, f, g
Baudouin, J.-P.: Synoptic processes of winter precipitation in the Upper Indus Basin. Weather and Climate Dynamics, Zenodo [code], https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5562173, 2021. a
Download
Short summary
Western disturbances are mid-latitude, high-altitude, low-pressure areas that bring orographic precipitation into the Upper Indus Basin. Using statistical tools, we show that the interaction between western disturbances and relief explains the near-surface, cross-barrier wind activity. We also reveal the existence of a moisture pathway from the nearby seas. Overall, we offer a conceptual framework for western-disturbance activity, particularly in terms of precipitation.
Share