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Divergent global-scale temperature effects from identical aerosols emitted in different regions by Persad, Geeta G., Caldeira, Ken

“…The distribution of anthropogenic aerosols’ climate effects depends on the geographic distribution of the aerosols themselves. Yet many scientific and policy…”
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Anthropogenic Aerosols Delay the Emergence of GHGs-Forced Wetting of South Asian Rainy Seasons Under a Fossil-Fuel Intensive Pathway by Singh, Jitendra, Cook, Benjamin I, Marvel, Kate, McDermid, Sonali, Persad, Geeta G, Rajaratnam, Bala, Singh, Deepti

“…With continued fossil-fuel dependence, anthropogenic aerosols over South Asia are projected to increase until the mid-21st century along with greenhouse gases…”
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Spatially similar surface energy flux perturbations due to greenhouse gases and aerosols by Persad, Geeta G., Ming, Yi, Shen, Zhaoyi, Ramaswamy, V.

“…Despite distinct geographic distributions of top-of-the-atmosphere radiative forcing, anthropogenic greenhouse gases and aerosols have been found to produce…”
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The role of aerosol absorption in driving clear-sky solar dimming over East Asia by Persad, Geeta G., Ming, Yi, Ramaswamy, V.

“…Surface‐based observations indicate a significant decreasing trend in clear‐sky downward surface solar radiation (SSR) over East Asia since the 1960s. This…”
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Projected Effects of Temperature and Precipitation Variability Change on Streamflow Patterns Using a Functional Flows Approach by Patterson, Noelle K., Lane, Belize A., Sandoval‐Solis, Samuel, Persad, Geeta G., Ortiz‐Partida, J. Pablo

“…Streamflow patterns are shifting with climate change, and these shifts pose increasing risk to freshwater ecosystems. These emerging changes must be linked…”
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The Regional Aerosol Model Intercomparison Project (RAMIP) by Wilcox, Laura J., Allen, Robert J., Samset, Bjørn H., Bollasina, Massimo A., Griffiths, Paul T., Keeble, James, Lund, Marianne T., Makkonen, Risto, Merikanto, Joonas, O’Donnell, Declan, Paynter, David J., Persad, Geeta G., Rumbold, Steven T., Takmeura, Toshihiko, Tsigaridis, Kostas, Westervelt, Daniel M.

“…Changes in anthropogenic aerosol emissions have strongly contributed to global and regional trends in temperature, precipitation, and other climate…”
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The dependence of aerosols' global and local precipitation impacts on the emitting region by Persad, Geeta G

“…The influence of the geographic distribution of aerosol emissions on the magnitude and spatial pattern of their precipitation impacts remains poorly…”
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Aerosols must be included in climate risk assessments by Persad, Geeta G., Samset, Bjørn H., Wilcox, Laura J.

“…Estimates of impending risk ignore a big player in regional change and climate extremes. Estimates of impending risk ignore a big player in regional change and…”
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Inter-model agreement on projected shifts in California hydroclimate characteristics critical to water management by Persad, Geeta G., Swain, Daniel L., Kouba, Claire, Ortiz-Partida, J. Pablo

“…Shifts away from the historical hydroclimate in populated regions can have dire consequences for water management. Regions like the state of California—where…”
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Climate effects of aerosols reduce economic inequality by Zheng, Yixuan, Davis, Steven J., Persad, Geeta G., Caldeira, Ken

“…The climate effects of anthropogenic aerosols have masked some of the warming induced by GHGs 1 along with some impacts of that warming 2 . These temperature…”
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Competing Atmospheric and Surface-Driven Impacts of Absorbing Aerosols on the East Asian Summertime Climate by Persad, Geeta G., Paynter, David J., Ming, Yi, Ramaswamy, V.

“…East Asia has some of the largest concentrations of absorbing aerosols globally, and these, along with the region’s scattering aerosols, have both reduced the…”
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Tropical Tropospheric-Only Responses to Absorbing Aerosols by Persad, Geeta G., Ming, Yi, Ramaswamy, V.

“…Absorbing aerosols affect the earth’s climate through direct radiative heating of the troposphere. This study analyzes the tropical tropospheric-only response…”
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Attribution of multi-annual to decadal changes in the climate system: The Large Ensemble Single Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (LESFMIP) by Smith, Doug M., Gillett, Nathan P., Simpson, Isla R., Athanasiadis, Panos J., Baehr, Johanna, Bethke, Ingo, Bilge, Tarkan A., Bonnet, Rémy, Boucher, Olivier, Findell, Kirsten L., Gastineau, Guillaume, Gualdi, Silvio, Hermanson, Leon, Leung, L. Ruby, Mignot, Juliette, Müller, Wolfgang A., Osprey, Scott, Otterå, Odd Helge, Persad, Geeta G., Scaife, Adam A., Schmidt, Gavin A, Shiogama, Hideo, Sutton, Rowan T., Swingedouw, Didier, Yang, Shuting, Zhou, Tianjun, Ziehn, Tilo

“…Multi-annual to decadal changes in climate are accompanied by changes in extreme events that cause major impacts on society and severe challenges for…”
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Aerosols must be part of climate risk assessments by Persad, Geeta G, Samset, Bjørn H, Wilcox, Laura J

“…[...]when policymakers turn to consultancy companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) or even reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…”
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