Communications Earth & Environment (Dec 2022)

Anthropogenic sulfate aerosol pollution in South and East Asia induces increased summer precipitation over arid Central Asia

  • Xiaoning Xie,
  • Gunnar Myhre,
  • Drew Shindell,
  • Gregory Faluvegi,
  • Toshihiko Takemura,
  • Apostolos Voulgarakis,
  • Zhengguo Shi,
  • Xinzhou Li,
  • Xiaoxun Xie,
  • Heng Liu,
  • Xiaodong Liu,
  • Yangang Liu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00660-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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An equatorward shift in the Asian Westerly Jet Stream attributable to high levels of anthropogenic sulfate aerosol in South and East Asia favours the moisture supply from low-latitudes and moisture flux convergence over arid Central Asia, according to multi-model data analysis.