The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival
The trends of both rainfall and circulation strength of the Indian summer monsoon has been reviving since 2002. Here, using observational data, we demonstrate a statistically significant greening over the Northwest Indian Subcontinent and a consequent decline in dust abundance due to the monsoon rev...
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| author | Jin, Qinjian Wang, Chien |
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| description | The trends of both rainfall and circulation strength of the Indian summer monsoon has been reviving since 2002. Here, using observational data, we demonstrate a statistically significant greening over the Northwest Indian Subcontinent and a consequent decline in dust abundance due to the monsoon revival. The enhanced monsoonal rainfall causes an increase in soil moisture, which results in a significant greening in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent. These increases in rainfall, soil moisture, and vegetation together lead to a substantial reduction of the dust abundance in this region, especially the Thar Desert, as shown by a negative trend in satellite-retrieved aerosol optical depth. The monsoonal rainfall-induced trends in vegetation growth and dust abundance in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent have important implications for agriculture production and air quality given the projected increases and a westward expansion of the global summer monsoon rainfall at the end of this century. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1152162022-10-01T05:42:54Z The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival Jin, Qinjian Wang, Chien Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Global Change Science Jin, Qinjian Wang, Chien The trends of both rainfall and circulation strength of the Indian summer monsoon has been reviving since 2002. Here, using observational data, we demonstrate a statistically significant greening over the Northwest Indian Subcontinent and a consequent decline in dust abundance due to the monsoon revival. The enhanced monsoonal rainfall causes an increase in soil moisture, which results in a significant greening in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent. These increases in rainfall, soil moisture, and vegetation together lead to a substantial reduction of the dust abundance in this region, especially the Thar Desert, as shown by a negative trend in satellite-retrieved aerosol optical depth. The monsoonal rainfall-induced trends in vegetation growth and dust abundance in the Northwest Indian Subcontinent have important implications for agriculture production and air quality given the projected increases and a westward expansion of the global summer monsoon rainfall at the end of this century. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant AGS-1339264) United States. Department of Energy (Award DE-FG02-94ER61937) 2018-05-03T17:52:23Z 2018-05-03T17:52:23Z 2018-03 2017-12 2018-04-27T17:44:53Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2045-2322 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115216 Jin, Qinjian and Chien Wang. “The Greening of Northwest Indian Subcontinent and Reduction of Dust Abundance Resulting from Indian Summer Monsoon Revival.” Scientific Reports 8, 1 (March 2018): 4573 © 2018 The Author(s) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3979-4747 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23055-5 Scientific Reports Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group Scientific Reports |
| spellingShingle | Jin, Qinjian Wang, Chien The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival |
| title | The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival |
| title_full | The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival |
| title_fullStr | The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival |
| title_full_unstemmed | The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival |
| title_short | The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival |
| title_sort | greening of northwest indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from indian summer monsoon revival |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/115216 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3979-4747 |
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