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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7227-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7227-2024
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25 Jun 2024
Research article |  | 25 Jun 2024

Impact of Asian aerosols on the summer monsoon strongly modulated by regional precipitation biases

Zhen Liu, Massimo A. Bollasina, and Laura J. Wilcox

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The aerosol impact on monsoon precipitation and circulation is strongly influenced by a model-simulated spatio-temporal variability in the climatological monsoon precipitation across Asia, which critically modulates the efficacy of aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions, the predominant driver of the total aerosol response. There is a strong interplay between South Asia and East Asia monsoon precipitation biases and their relative predominance in driving the overall monsoon response.
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