@article{5923,
  keywords = {Aerosols, Land use, Precipitation, Asian monsoon, Land-surface feedback, Radiation feedback},
  author = {Dev Niyogi and Hsin-I Chang and Fei Chen and Lianhong Gu and Anil Kumar and Surabi Menon and Roger A Pielke Sr},
  title = {Potential impacts of aerosol-land-atmosphere interactions on the Indian monsoonal rainfall characteristics},
  abstract = {<p>Aerosols can affect the cloud-radiation feedback and the precipitation over the Indian monsoon region. In this paper, we propose that another pathway by which aerosols can modulate the multi-scale aspect of Indian monsoons is by altering the land - atmosphere interactions. The nonlinear feedbacks due to aerosol/diffuse radiation on coupled interactions over the Indian monsoon region are studied by: (1) reviewing recent field measurements and modeling studies, (2) analyzing the MODIS and AERONET aerosol optical depth datasets, and (3) diagnosing the results from sensitivity experiments using a mesoscale modeling system. The results of this study suggest that the large magnitude of aerosol loading and its impact on land{\textendash}atmosphere interactions can significantly influence the mesoscale monsoonal characteristics in the Indo-Ganges Basin.</p>},
  year = {2006},
  booktitle = {Natural Hazards},
  journal = {Natural Hazards},
  series = {Natural Hazards},
  volume = {42},
  pages = {345-359},
  month = {08/2007},
  issn = {0921-030X},
  doi = {10.1007/s11069-006-9085-y},
}