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Research article
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21 Oct 2020
Research article |
| 21 Oct 2020
| 21 Oct 2020
Distinct responses of Asian summer monsoon to black carbon aerosols and greenhouse gases
SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Quaternary Science and Global Change, Xi'an, China
Gunnar Myhre
Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, Norway
Xiaodong Liu
SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Xinzhou Li
SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
Zhengguo Shi
SKLLQG, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an, China
Hongli Wang
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Shaanxi Radio and TV University, Xi'an, China
Alf Kirkevåg
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Jean-Francois Lamarque
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
Drew Shindell
Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, USA
Toshihiko Takemura
Climate Change Science Section, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Yangang Liu
Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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Black carbon (BC) and greenhouse gases (GHGs) enhance precipitation minus evaporation (P–E) of Asian summer monsoon (ASM). Further analysis reveals distinct mechanisms controlling BC- and GHG-induced ASM P–E increases. The change in ASM P–E by BC is dominated by the dynamic effect of enhanced large-scale monsoon circulation, the GHG-induced change by the thermodynamic effect of increasing atmospheric water vapor. This results from different atmospheric temperature feedbacks due to BC and GHGs.
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