Connecting regional aerosol emissions reductions to local and remote precipitation responses

Westervelt, Daniel M.; Conley, Andrew J.; Fiore, Arlene M.; Lamarque, Jean-François; Shindell, Drew T.; Previdi, Michael; Mascioli, Nora R.; Faluvegi, Greg; Correa, Gustavo; Horowitz, Larry W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12461-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 16

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12461-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-12461-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 16

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28 Aug 2018

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Connecting regional aerosol emissions reductions to local and remote precipitation responses

Daniel M. Westervelt, Andrew J. Conley, Arlene M. Fiore, Jean-François Lamarque, Drew T. Shindell, Michael Previdi, Nora R. Mascioli, Greg Faluvegi, Gustavo Correa, and Larry W. Horowitz

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RC1: 'Review of Westervelt et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jun 2018
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RC2: 'Review of acp-2018-516 by Westervelt et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Jul 2018
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Small particles in Earth's atmosphere (also referred to as atmospheric aerosols) emitted by human activities impact Earth's climate in complex ways and play an important role in Earth's water cycle. We use a climate modeling approach and find that aerosols from the United States and Europe can have substantial effects on rainfall in far-away regions such as Africa's Sahel or the Mediterranean. Air pollution controls in these regions may help reduce the likelihood and severity of Sahel drought.