The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

The present paper addresses driving mechanisms of global monsoon (GM) variability and
outstanding issues in GM science. This is the second synthesis of the PAGES GM Working …

Cloud drop condensation nuclei (CCN) and ice nuclei (IN) particles determine to a large
extent cloud microstructure and, consequently, cloud albedo and the dynamic response of …

Mean surface temperature is projected to rise by about 4.4° C by the end of the century
compared to the period between 1976 and 2005 when following the most extreme scenario …

The Himalayan region, due to its fragile ecology, is extremely vulnerable to even small
perturbations in climate that might not only affect the pristine ecosystems but also the …

Southern Asia, extending from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Indonesia and Papua New
Guinea, is one of the most heavily populated regions of the world. Biofuel and biomass …

Light absorbing particles (LAP, eg, black carbon, brown carbon, and dust) influence water
and energy budgets of the atmosphere and snowpack in multiple ways. In addition to their …

The high mountains of Asia, including the Karakoram, Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau,
combine to form a region of perplexing hydroclimate changes. Glaciers have exhibited mass …

Numerical experiments with the NASA finite-volume general circulation model show that
heating of the atmosphere by dust and black carbon can lead to widespread enhanced …

The first regional synthesis of long‐term (back to~ 25 years at some stations) primary data
(from direct measurement) on aerosol optical depth from the ARFINET (network of aerosol …