Abstract:The first attempt was made to simulate the paleoclimate by using the newly developed NUIST Earth System model version 1(NESM1). Three experiments are designed in the framework of Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project Phase Ⅲ (PMIP3):PreIndustry (PI), Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and Ice Sheets (IS) experiments to verify the model's capability. IS experiment is used to investigate the asymmetric impact of LGM ice sheets on global monsoon activity. Results indicate that the NESM1 model is good enough to explain the cool and dry climate during the LGM period with a global cooling of 4.7℃, a decreasing precipitation amount by 0.3 mm·d-1 and the 2.3%·℃-1 sensitivity of precipitation to surface air temperature(SAT) change, which is consistent with the previous studies. The LGM ice sheets play an important role in the formation of cool and dry LGM climate, which caused the global mean SAT to decrease by 1.2℃ and global mean precipitation by 0.06 mm·d-1. Further investigation demonstrates that the climate impacts' asymmetry of ice sheets are on Northern Hemisphere(NH) and Southern Hemisphere(SH). The significant cooling is only shown in NH, which is 5 times as largeas in the SH. The mean monsoon precipitation and annual range are reduced by 0.24 mm·d-1 and 0.34 mm·d-1, respectively, over the NH monsoon region, while the changes in SH monsoon region are not obvious. There are two factors contributing to these changes, including the lower specific humidity caused by the decreasing air temperature and the changed large-scale circulation owing to the existence of ice sheets over the North Europe and North American. The dramatically decreasing summer monsoon rainfall is associated with the decreasing specific humidity and weakening summer monsoon circulation, while the marginal change of winter monsoon precipitation is due to the cancellation effect between decreasing water vapor content and enhancing winter monsoon circulation. The anti-cyclonic circulation around the ice sheets can also reduce the Asian and North America monsoon domain.