Publication Date:
2019
Description:
〈b〉Snow-darkening versus direct radiative effects of mineral dust aerosol on the Indian summer monsoon onset: role of temperature change over dust sources〈/b〉〈br〉
Zhengguo Shi, Xiaoning Xie, Xinzhou Li, Liu Yang, Xiaoxun Xie, Jing Lei, Yingying Sha, and Xiaodong Liu〈br〉
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 1605-1622, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1605-2019, 2019〈br〉
Asian dust is one of the important components in modern and past climate change via its effects, including snow-darkening and direct radiation. We employed model experiments to evaluate these effects on Indian monsoon and found that the monsoon onset responds significantly to both. Snow-darkening effect weakens the monsoon, but direct radiative effect intensifies it. Besides the previous Tibetan Plateau studies proposed, our work highlights the importance of temperature change over dust sources.
Print ISSN:
1680-7316
Electronic ISSN:
1680-7324
Topics:
Geosciences
