Drylands are home to more than 38% of the world's population and are one of the most
sensitive areas to climate change and human activities. This review describes recent …

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 …

Aerosols have significant and complex impacts on regional climate in East Asia. Cloud‐
aerosol‐precipitation interactions (CAPI) remain most challenging in climate studies. The …

Review of Aerosol–Cloud Interactions: Mechanisms, Significance, and Challenges in: Journal
of the Atmospheric Sciences Volume 73 Issue 11 (2016) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

Our knowledge is still poor regarding the response of the precipitation vertical structure to
aerosols, partly due to the ignorance of precipitation occurring at different spatial scales. A …

The Twomey effect describes the radiative forcing associated with a change in cloud albedo
due to an increase in anthropogenic aerosol emissions. It is driven by the perturbation in …

Quantifying the aerosol/cloud-mediated radiative effect at a global scale requires
simultaneous satellite retrievals of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) concentrations and …

The planetary boundary layer height (PBLH) is an important parameter for understanding
the accumulation of pollutants and the dynamics of the lower atmosphere. Lidar has been …

Measurements and models show that enhanced aerosol concentrations can modify macro-
and micro-physical properties of clouds. Here, we examine the effect of aerosols on …

Monsoonal rainfall is the primary source of surface water in India. Using 12 years of in situ
and satellite observations, we examined the association of aerosol loading with cloud …