Impacts of reductions in non-methane short-lived climate forcers on future climate extremes and the resulting population exposure risks in eastern and southern Asia

Li, Yingfang; Wang, Zhili; Lei, Yadong; Che, Huizheng; Zhang, Xiaoye

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2499-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2499-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2499-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 4

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23 Feb 2023

Research article |

| 23 Feb 2023

Impacts of reductions in non-methane short-lived climate forcers on future climate extremes and the resulting population exposure risks in eastern and southern Asia

Yingfang Li, Zhili Wang, Yadong Lei, Huizheng Che, and Xiaoye Zhang

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2499-2023-supplement

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Gridded Climate data National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL) https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/index.html

Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) University Corporation for Atmospheric Research https://www2.cgd.ucar.edu/iam/modeling/spatial-population-scenarios.html

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Since few studies have assessed the impacts of future combined reductions in aerosols, ozone, and their precursors on future climate change, we use models with an interactive representation of tropospheric aerosols and atmospheric chemistry schemes to quantify the impact of their reductions on the Asian climate. Our results suggest that their reductions will exacerbate the warming effect caused by greenhouse gases, increasing future climate extremes and associated population exposure risk.