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@ARTICLE{Asutosh:910407,
author = {Asutosh, A. and Fadnavis, S. and Chavan, Prashant and
Sabin, T. P. and Müller, Rolf},
title = {{A}brupt emission reduction during {COVID}-19 intensified
the spring 2020 rainfall over {I}ndia},
journal = {Frontiers in Environmental Science},
volume = {10},
issn = {2296-665X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-03796},
pages = {911363},
year = {2022},
abstract = {The high level of aerosol pollution in South Asia has a
measurable impact on clouds, radiation, and precipitation.
Here, exploring multiple observational data sets and
simulations of the state-of-the-art ECHAM6-HAMMOZ
chemistry-climate model, we report that the reduction in
anthropogenic emissions during the COVID-19 lockdown period
has enhanced precipitation by $5–25\%$ over India. This
precipitation enhancement is the result of the combined
effect of an enhancement in cloud cover, a reduction in
aerosol induced cloud invigoration and dynamical changes. We
observed that the increase in cloud cover was associated
with a reduction in cloud base height and an increase in the
effective radius of cloud particles which led to an increase
in cloud water content. In response to sudden emission
reduction, an anomalous northward moisture transport was
observed adding convection and precipitation over the Indian
region. Importantly, we show that there is an advantage of
anthropogenic pollution reduction for water availability in
addition to benefits of air quality, human health, and crop
yield.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {333.7},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {2112 - Climate Feedbacks (POF4-211)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-2112},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000856019200001},
doi = {10.3389/fenvs.2022.911363},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/910407},
}