Response of Indian summer monsoon rainfall to remote carbonaceous aerosols at short time scales: Teleconnections and feedbacks

Asutosh, Acharya; Vinoj, V.; Wang, Hailong; Landu, Kiranmayi; Yoon, Jin-Ho

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.113898

Response of Indian summer monsoon rainfall to remote carbonaceous aerosols at short time scales: Teleconnections and feedbacks

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Environmental Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113898· OSTI ID:3020387

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Indian Inst. of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar (India)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Gwangju Inst. of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)

The effect of atmospheric aerosols on Indian monsoon is one of the scientifically challenging and societally relevant research issues of the recent decades. Past studies have derived inferences mostly based on local emissions and their impacts thereupon. However, more recent studies have shown that the remote effects driven by aerosols elsewhere could also impact the monsoon system on different time scales. Our study using an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) shows that regional carbonaceous aerosol emissions (from North America, Europe and North Africa and Asia) can significantly alter Indian summer monsoon rainfall. It is interesting to note that the effects of remote aerosols are larger and bear a resemblance to each other in comparison to local emissions. Here, our study reveals that the modulation of large-scale circulation induced by regional warming by carbonaceous aerosols leads to teleconnection patterns around the globe, thereby changing the precipitation depending on the phase of these disturbances. We also find that the effects of remote carbonaceous aerosols are strengthened by modulation/feedback through natural dust aerosols over the Arabian Sea with subsequent increase in rainfall over India. The results signify that the changes in the aerosol emissions in one region could lead to the change in precipitation over other regions through global teleconnection and associated feedbacks induced by regional atmospheric warming and/or cooling.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 3020387

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--169505

Journal Information:: Environmental Research, Journal Name: Environmental Research Vol. 214; ISSN 0013-9351

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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