Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Aerosol-induced intensification of cooling effect of clouds during Indian summer monsoon

  • Chandan Sarangi,
  • Vijay P. Kanawade,
  • Sachchida N. Tripathi,
  • Abin Thomas,
  • Dilip Ganguly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06015-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The invigoration of deep convective clouds in the Indian summer monsoon region is associated with high aerosol loading. Here the authors show that convective clouds from high aerosol loads in the Indian Summer Monsoon region have a cooling effect.