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DOI	10.1007/s00382-019-05046-y
	Observed monsoon precipitation suppression caused by anomalous interhemispheric aerosol transport
	Ajoku O.; Norris J.R.; Miller A.J.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0930-7575
起始页码	1077
结束页码	1091
卷号	54 期号:2020-01-02
英文摘要	This study uses observations and atmospheric reanalysis products in order to understand the impacts of smoke aerosols advected from the Southern Hemisphere on the dynamics of the West African monsoon. Seasonal biomass burning and resulting aerosol emissions have been well documented to affect regional weather patterns, especially low-level convection. Out of all monsoon months, precipitation shows the most variability over land during August, in which anomalous smoke aerosol values can increase (decrease) by 33% (29%) in the Northern Gulf of Guinea and precipitation can decrease (increase) by up to ~ 2.5 mm day−1 (~ 3 mm day−1) along the West African monsoon region accounting for a 17% (18%) change in precipitation. Smoke aerosols produced by biomass burning occurring near Central Africa are advected towards the Gulf of Guinea at elevations around the 850 hPa level. Satellite observations show an increase (decrease) in cloud fraction and optical depth below (above) the 300-hPa level in the Gulf of Guinea and along the West African coastline along with concurrent decreases (increases) in cloud droplet radius during dirty (clean) aerosol episodes. Additional observations of shortwave radiation quantify changes in cloud coverage and monsoon dynamics. On average, reductions in surface shortwave radiation of ~ 10–15 W m−2 occur over the Gulf of Guinea during increased aerosol transport, with aerosols accounting for ~ 33–50% of that reduction. Reductions in shortwave radiation are associated with decreased convective available potential energy (CAPE). This demonstrates that increased transport of aerosols perturbs surface radiation, convection in the lower troposphere and eventually cloud coverage, potentially leading to the observed monsoon precipitation suppression. In a broader social context, this region houses 200 million people and thus understanding these climate patterns may carry great importance. © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
英文关键词	Aerosols; Biomass-burning; Climate forcing; West African monsoon
语种	英语
scopus关键词	aerosol; biomass burning; climate forcing; monsoon; optical depth; potential energy; precipitation (climatology); transport process; Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Guinea; West Africa
来源期刊	Climate Dynamics
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/145734
作者单位	Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ajoku O.,Norris J.R.,Miller A.J.. Observed monsoon precipitation suppression caused by anomalous interhemispheric aerosol transport[J],2020,54(2020-01-02).
APA	Ajoku O.,Norris J.R.,&Miller A.J..(2020).Observed monsoon precipitation suppression caused by anomalous interhemispheric aerosol transport.Climate Dynamics,54(2020-01-02).
MLA	Ajoku O.,et al."Observed monsoon precipitation suppression caused by anomalous interhemispheric aerosol transport".Climate Dynamics 54.2020-01-02(2020).