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Climate Effects of Black Carbon Aerosols in China and India

Menon, Surabi, Hansen, James, Nazarenko, Larissa, Luo, Yunfeng·2002·Science

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In recent decades, there has been a tendency toward increased summer floods in south China, increased drought in north China, and moderate cooling in China and India while most of the world has been warming. We used a global climate model to investigate possible aerosol contributions to these trends. We found precipitation and temperature changes in the model that were comparable to those observed if the aerosols included a large proportion of absorbing black carbon (“soot”), similar to observed amounts. Absorbing aerosols heat the air, alter regional atmospheric stability and vertical motions, and affect the large-scale circulation and hydrologic cycle with significant regional climate effects.

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Authors
Menon, S., Hansen, J., Nazarenko, L., & Luo, Y.
Venue
Science
Published
2002-09-27
Volume
297
Issue
5590
Pages
2250-2253
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
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W2018680235
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2,124
References
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51.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
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