Increasing Arabian dust activity and the Indian summer monsoon

Solmon, F.; Nair, V. S.; Mallet, M.

doi:10.5194/acp-15-8051-2015

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Articles | Volume 15, issue 14

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22 Jul 2015

Research article |

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Increasing Arabian dust activity and the Indian summer monsoon

F. Solmon, V. S. Nair, and M. Mallet

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Using observations and a regional climate model, we suggest that (i) dust radiative forcing over west Asia induces complex regional feedbacks on the Indian monsoon system, notably a possible enhancement of moisture convergence over southern India; and (ii) an observed AOD positive trend attributed to an increasing Arabian dust activity during 2000-2009 could be associated with, and contributing to, the observed enhancement of southern Indian summer precipitation during this decade.