The global monsoon across time scales: Mechanisms and outstanding issues

PX Wang, B Wang, H Cheng, J Fasullo, ZT Guo… - Earth-Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

Interactions of Asian mineral dust with Indian summer monsoon: Recent advances and challenges

Q Jin, J Wei, WKM Lau, B Pu, C Wang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is one of the world's strongest monsoon systems that
brings about eighty percent of the annual rainfall to the Indian subcontinent and impacts the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Summertime dust storms over the Arabian Peninsula and impacts on radiation, circulation, cloud development and rain

D Francis, JP Chaboureau, N Nelli, J Cuesta… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the underlying atmospheric dynamics associated with intense dust
storms in summer 2018 over the Arabian Peninsula (AP); a major dust source at global …

An observationally constrained estimate of global dust aerosol optical depth

DA Ridley, CL Heald, JF Kok… - … Chemistry and Physics, 2016 - acp.copernicus.org
The role of mineral dust in climate and ecosystems has been largely quantified using global
climate and chemistry model simulations of dust emission, transport, and deposition …

Emission, transport, and radiative effects of mineral dust from the Taklimakan and Gobi deserts: comparison of measurements and model results

S Chen, J Huang, L Kang, H Wang, X Ma… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The Weather Research and Forecasting Model with chemistry (WRF-Chem model) was
used to investigate a typical dust storm event that occurred from 18 to 23 March 2010 and …

How reliable are CMIP5 models in simulating dust optical depth?

B Pu, P Ginoux - Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Dust aerosol plays an important role in the climate system by affecting the radiative and
energy balances. Biases in dust modeling may result in biases in simulating global energy …

Monsoon precipitation characteristics and extreme precipitation events over Northwest India using Indian high resolution regional reanalysis

D Aggarwal, R Attada, KK Shukla, R Chakraborty… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Northwest India, known as the breadbasket of the country, is extremely vulnerable to
ramifications of extreme rainfall events (EREs) such as flash floods, landslides, agricultural …

Effects of Monsoon, Shamal and Levar winds on dust accumulation over the Arabian Sea during summer–The July 2016 case

A Rashki, DG Kaskaoutis, A Mofidi, F Minvielle… - Aeolian Research, 2019 - Elsevier
This study examines the atmospheric circulation patterns that are associated with
contrasting wind regimes, desert dust outflows and accumulation of dust over the Arabian …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal evolution of aerosols and their extreme events in polluted Asian regions during Terra's 20-year observations

Z Hu, Q Jin, Y Ma, B Pu, Z Ji, Y Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aerosol pollution is an acute environmental issue in developing countries. Asia has been
experiencing rapid changes in anthropogenic aerosols during the past two decades due to …