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The response of the global climate system to smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait is investigated in a series of numerical experiments using a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model with an interactive soot transport model and extended radiation scheme. The results show a decrease in surface air temperature of ~4 °C in the Gulf region. Outside this region the changes are small and statistically insignificant. No weakening of the Indian summer monsoon is observed.
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Bakan, S., Chlond, A., Cubasch, U. et al. Climate response to smoke from the burning oil wells in Kuwait. Nature 351, 367–371 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/351367a0
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