Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3321810l&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 21, CiteID L21810
Physics
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Atmospheric Processes: Tropical Meteorology, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801, 4906), Global Change: Climate Dynamics (0429, 3309), Global Change: Water Cycles (1836), Hydrology: Precipitation (3354)
Scientific paper
Preliminary observational evidences are presented showing that the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions are subject to heavy loading of absorbing aerosols, i.e., dust and black carbon, which possess spatial and temporal variability that are closely linked to those of the Asian monsoon water cycle. Consistent with the Elevated Heat Pump hypothesis, we find that increased loading of absorbing aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the pre-monsoon season is associated with a) increased heating of the upper troposphere, with the formation of a warm-core upper level anticyclone over the Tibetan Plateau in April-May, b) an advance of the monsoon rainy season in northern India in May, and c) subsequent increased rainfall over the Indian subcontinent, and decreased rainfall over East Asia in June-July.
Kim Kang-Min
Lau Ka Ming
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