Black carbon-climate interactions regulate dust burdens over India revealed during COVID-19

Linyi Wei; Zheng Lu; Yong Wang; Xiaohong Liu; Weiyi Wang; Chenglai Wu; Xi Zhao; Stefan Rahimi; Wenwen Xia; Yiquan Jiang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29468-1

Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Black carbon-climate interactions regulate dust burdens over India revealed during COVID-19

Linyi Wei,
Zheng Lu,
Yong Wang,
Xiaohong Liu,
Weiyi Wang,
Chenglai Wu,
Xi Zhao,
Stefan Rahimi,
Wenwen Xia,
Yiquan Jiang

Affiliations

Linyi Wei: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Zheng Lu: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Yong Wang: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Xiaohong Liu: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Weiyi Wang: International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chenglai Wu: International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xi Zhao: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Stefan Rahimi: Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California Los Angeles
Wenwen Xia: Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University
Yiquan Jiang: CMA-NJU Joint Laboratory for Climate Prediction Studies, Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29468-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Black carbon produced by human activities impacts climate. Here, the authors find that black carbon-climate interactions regulate Indian dust during the premonsoon season and further affect the outbreak of the subsequent Indian summer monsoon.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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