Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

Z Li, WKM Lau, V Ramanathan, G Wu… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

Impact of aerosols on convective clouds and precipitation

WK Tao, JP Chen, Z Li, C Wang… - Reviews of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosols are a critical factor in the atmospheric hydrological cycle and radiation budget. As a
major agent for clouds to form and a significant attenuator of solar radiation, aerosols affect …

Short-term modulation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by West Asian dust

V Vinoj, PJ Rasch, H Wang, JH Yoon, PL Ma… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
The Indian summer monsoon is influenced by numerous factors, including aerosol-induced
changes to clouds, surface and atmospheric heating, and atmospheric circulation. Most …

A revival of Indian summer monsoon rainfall since 2002

Q Jin, C Wang - Nature Climate Change, 2017 - nature.com
A significant reduction in summer monsoon rainfall has been observed in northern central
India during the second half of the twentieth century, threatening water security and causing …

Effects of crop residue burning on aerosol properties, plume characteristics, and long‐range transport over northern India

DG Kaskaoutis, S Kumar, D Sharma… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol emissions from biomass burning are of specific interest over the globe due to their
strong radiative impacts and climate implications. The present study examines the impact of …

Temporal trends of rainfall and temperature over two sub-divisions of Western Ghats

R Mann, A Gupta - HighTech and Innovation Journal, 2022 - hightechjournal.org
Rainfall, along with temperature, is the major component of the hydrological cycle, and its
spatiotemporal variability is essential from both scientific and practical perspectives. Due to …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty

L Li, NM Mahowald, RL Miller… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
The large uncertainty in the mineral dust direct radiative effect (DRE) hinders projections of
future climate change due to anthropogenic activity. Resolving modeled dust mineral …

Recent trends and tele-connections among South and East Asian summer monsoons in a warming environment

B Preethi, M Mujumdar, RH Kripalani, A Prabhu… - Climate Dynamics, 2017 - Springer
Recent trends, variations and tele-connections between the two large regional sub-systems
over the Asian domain, the South Asian and the East Asian monsoons are explored using …

Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre …

R Gautam, NC Hsu, SC Tsay, KM Lau… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
We examine the distribution of aerosols and associated optical/radiative properties in the
Gangetic-Himalayan region from simultaneous radiometric measurements over the Indo …

Impact of deadly dust storms (May 2018) on air quality, meteorological, and atmospheric parameters over the northern parts of India

S Sarkar, A Chauhan, R Kumar, RP Singh - GeoHealth, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The northern part of India, adjoining the Himalaya, is considered as one of the global hot
spots of pollution because of various natural and anthropogenic factors. Throughout the …