The Asian monsoon system plays a critical role in shaping the hydrological and climatic regimes and the socio-economic well-being of a large portion of the world’s population. However, despite the recent progress in observations, reconstructions and modelling, its long- term variability, underlying drivers and teleconnections, and regional manifestations remain complex and not yet fully understood. This session invites studies that combine land and ocean- based proxy records with paleoclimate modelling to improve our understanding of past monsoon variability and its driving mechanisms including internal and external interactions and processes.

We welcome contributions using high-resolution records such as speleothems, lake sediments, loess, tree rings, and marine cores and studies that utilize model simulations to investigate key drivers of past climate, including orbital variations, volcanic forcing, and large-scale oceanic conditions that have influenced the evolution and variability of the Asian monsoon.

The session aims to stimulate discussions on the application of proxy data in the validation of paleoclimatic model simulations of the Asian monsoon, reliability, as well as uncertainties associated with reconstructions, and the value of multi-proxy approaches.