The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival
Abstract
The trends of both rainfall and circulation strength of the Indian summer monsoon has been reviving since 2002. Here, using observational data, we demonstrate a statistically significant greening over the Northwest Indian Subcontinent and a consequent decline in dust abundance due to the monsoon revival. The enhanced monsoonal rainfall causes an increase in soil moisture, which results in a significant greening in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent. These increases in rainfall, soil moisture, and vegetation together lead to a substantial reduction of the dust abundance in this region, especially the Thar Desert, as shown by a negative trend in satellite-retrieved aerosol optical depth. Here, the monsoonal rainfall-induced trends in vegetation growth and dust abundance in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent have important implications for agriculture production and air quality given the projected increases and a westward expansion of the global summer monsoon rainfall at the end of this century.
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
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- 1500094
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- FG02-94ER61937
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- Scientific Reports
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- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
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- Nature Publishing Group
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- United States
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- English
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- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Jin, Qinjian, and Wang, Chien. The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-23055-5.
Jin, Qinjian, & Wang, Chien. The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23055-5
Jin, Qinjian, and Wang, Chien. Thu .
"The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23055-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1500094.
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title = {The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival},
author = {Jin, Qinjian and Wang, Chien},
abstractNote = {The trends of both rainfall and circulation strength of the Indian summer monsoon has been reviving since 2002. Here, using observational data, we demonstrate a statistically significant greening over the Northwest Indian Subcontinent and a consequent decline in dust abundance due to the monsoon revival. The enhanced monsoonal rainfall causes an increase in soil moisture, which results in a significant greening in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent. These increases in rainfall, soil moisture, and vegetation together lead to a substantial reduction of the dust abundance in this region, especially the Thar Desert, as shown by a negative trend in satellite-retrieved aerosol optical depth. Here, the monsoonal rainfall-induced trends in vegetation growth and dust abundance in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent have important implications for agriculture production and air quality given the projected increases and a westward expansion of the global summer monsoon rainfall at the end of this century.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-23055-5},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Figure 1: Rainfall trends. The linear trends of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall (mm day−1 decade−1) in Northwestern Indian subcontinent from 2000 to 2015 for (a) TRMM, (b) GPCC, (c) PREC/L, (d) GPCP, (e) CRU, and (f) UDEL. The black dots represent grid points that are statistically significant over themore »
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