• Anthropogenic sulfate aerosol pollution in South and East Asia induces increased summer precipitation over arid Central Asia 

      Xie, Xiaoning; Myhre, Gunnar; Shindell, Drew; Faluvegi, Gregory; Takemura, Toshihiko; Voulgarakis, Apostolos; Shi, Zhengguo; Li, Xinzhou; Xie, Xiaoxun; Liu, Heng; Liu, Xiaodong; Liu, Yangang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Precipitation has increased across the arid Central Asia region over recent decades. However, the underlying mechanisms of this trend are poorly understood. Here, we analyze multi-model simulations from the Precipitation ...
    • Distinct responses of Asian summer monsoon to black carbon aerosols and greenhouse gases 

      Xie, Xiaoning; Myhre, Gunnar; Liu, Xiaodong; Li, Xinzhou; Shi, Zhengguo; Wang, Hongli; Kirkevåg, Alf; Lamarque, Jean-Francois; Shindell, Drew; Takemura, Toshihiko; Liu, Yangang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Black carbon (BC) aerosols emitted from natural and anthropogenic sources induce positive radiative forcing and global warming, which in turn significantly affect the Asian summer monsoon (ASM). However, many aspects of ...
    • Increased Asian Sulfate Aerosol Emissions Remarkably Enhance Sahel Summer Precipitation 

      Guo, Jianing; Xie, Xiaoning; Myhre, Gunnar; Shindell, Drew; Kirkevåg, Alf; Iversen, Trond; Samset, Bjørn Hallvard; Shi, Zhengguo; Li, Xinzhou; Sun, Hui; Liu, Xiaodong; Liu, Yangang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Observational evidence shows that Sahel summer precipitation has experienced a considerable increase since the 1980s, coinciding with significant diverging trends of increased sulfate emissions in Asia and decreased emissions ...