Articles | Volume 19, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1605-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1605-2019
Research article
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07 Feb 2019
Research article |  | 07 Feb 2019

Snow-darkening versus direct radiative effects of mineral dust aerosol on the Indian summer monsoon onset: role of temperature change over dust sources

Zhengguo Shi, Xiaoning Xie, Xinzhou Li, Liu Yang, Xiaoxun Xie, Jing Lei, Yingying Sha, and Xiaodong Liu

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AR by Zhengguo Shi on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Sep 2018) by Toshihiko Takemura
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (22 Sep 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (24 Oct 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 Oct 2018) by Toshihiko Takemura
AR by Zhengguo Shi on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2018)  Author's response
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Dec 2018) by Toshihiko Takemura
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (31 Dec 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (03 Jan 2019) by Toshihiko Takemura
AR by Zhengguo Shi on behalf of the Authors (17 Jan 2019)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (23 Jan 2019) by Toshihiko Takemura
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (25 Jan 2019)
ED: Publish as is (26 Jan 2019) by Toshihiko Takemura
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Short summary
Asian dust is one of the important components in modern and past climate change via its effects, including snow-darkening and direct radiation. We employed model experiments to evaluate these effects on Indian monsoon and found that the monsoon onset responds significantly to both. Snow-darkening effect weakens the monsoon, but direct radiative effect intensifies it. Besides the previous Tibetan Plateau studies proposed, our work highlights the importance of temperature change over dust sources.
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