Radiative and thermodynamic responses to aerosol extinction profiles during  the pre-monsoon month over South Asia

Feng, Y.; Kotamarthi, V. R.; Coulter, R.; Zhao, C.; Cadeddu, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-247-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-247-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-247-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 1

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18 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 18 Jan 2016

Radiative and thermodynamic responses to aerosol extinction profiles during the pre-monsoon month over South Asia

Y. Feng, V. R. Kotamarthi, R. Coulter, C. Zhao, and M. Cadeddu

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RC C5555: 'Interesting investigation into the impact of model/observation differences in aerosol vertical extinction profiles', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Aug 2015
- AC C9440: 'Response to the Reviewer #1', Y. Feng, 18 Nov 2015
RC C7485: 'Review of “Radiative and thermodynamic responses to aerosol extinction profiles during the pre-monsoon month over South Asia” by Y. Feng et al. 2015', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Oct 2015
- AC C9441: 'Response to the Reviewer #2', Y. Feng, 18 Nov 2015

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AR by Yan Feng on behalf of the Authors (18 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Dec 2015) by Xiaohong Liu

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Aerosol radiative effects are of great importance for climate studies over South Asia, such as the weakening of the South Asian monsoon in the 20th century. This study reveals the altitude dependence of commonly underestimated aerosol radiative properties over this region. It further demonstrates the importance of constraining aerosol vertical distributions and partitioning of scattering vs absorbing aerosols in simulating the subsequent regional dynamical and hydrological responses to aerosols.