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Journal Article
Anthropogenic Aerosols and the Weakening of the South Asian Summer Monsoon
2011
Overview
Observations show that South Asia underwent a widespread summertime drying during the second half of the 20th century, but it is unclear whether this trend was due to natural variations or human activities. We used a series of climate model experiments to investigate the South Asian monsoon response to natural and anthropogenic forcings. We find that the observed precipitation decrease can be attributed mainly to human-influenced aerosol emissions. The drying is a robust outcome of a slowdown of the tropical meridional overturning circulation, which compensates for the aerosol-induced energy imbalance between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. These results provide compelling evidence of the prominent role of aerosols in shaping regional climate change over South Asia.
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science,The American Association for the Advancement of Science
Subject
/ Asian
/ Datasets
/ drought
/ Drying
/ energy
/ Exact sciences and technology
/ Human
/ humans
/ Monsoons
/ Oceans
/ Pollutants physicochemistry study: properties, effects, reactions, transport and distribution
/ Rain
/ summer
/ Water in the atmosphere (humidity, clouds, evaporation, precipitation)
/ Wind
