The proximity of the SEASM to the WNP anticyclone causes
increased monsoon rainfall when the anticyclone is weaker or covers a smaller area.
Although greenhouse gas abundance tends to
increase monsoon rainfall strength (4 6), the situation is more complex with changing aerosol distribution (7, 8).
Not exact matches
«Our new data however, contrasts with sub-Saharan Africa and demonstrates that the South African climate responded in the opposite direction, with
increasing rainfall, that can be associated with a globally occurring southward shift of the tropical
monsoon belt.»
Such episodes of dramatically
increased rainfall were the result of the intensification and northward displacement of the Indian Ocean
Monsoon, which caused
rainfall to reach across much of the Arabian Peninsula.»
Dust that absorbed heat more efficiently was linked with
increases in
monsoon rainfall.
«Ups - and - downs of Indian
monsoon rainfall likely to
increase under warming.»
As more vegetation was removed by the introduction of livestock, it
increased the albedo (the amount of sunlight that reflects off the earth's surface) of the land, which in turn influenced atmospheric conditions sufficiently to reduce
monsoon rainfall.
This intensification has resulted in significantly greater global summer
monsoon rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere than predicted from greenhouse - gas - induced warming alone: namely a 9.5 %
increase, compared to the anthropogenic predicted contribution of 2.6 % per degree of global warming.
There is a theory that the rising of the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau provided the barrier that made the South Asian
monsoons possible, and a secondary theory that the
increased rainfall on the freshly raised mountain slopes weathered so much rock that the planet's levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide took a dive, to precipitate 30 million years of Ice Ages.
«The extra water vapor fuels the
monsoon and thus alters the winds and the
monsoon itself and so this likely
increases the
rainfall further,» he said.
Anthropogenic climate change contributes to fanning of the West African
monsoon by moisture from the Mediterranean July 13, 2016 Climate change can have mixed consequences: It would appear that the warming of the Mediterranean region, which has brought greater heat and drought to the countries there for around 20 years, is behind an
increase in
rainfall in the Sahel region.
Some of the predicted impacts of climate change include:
increased variability in both
monsoon and winter
rainfall patterns;
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Climatic changes: A tropical
monsoon country, Bangladesh is prone to floods, tropical cyclones, and tornadoes, which occur almost every year, and now the low - lying country is suffering
increased rainfall, cyclones and rising sea levels.
The climate change has visible signs in Pakistan, which include hotter summers, early cold spell,
monsoon irregularity with untimely
rainfall,
increased rainfall over short period causing water logging,
increased frequency and intensity of floods — especially recent floods, which destroyed livelihoods in Punjab and Sindh districts — very little
rainfall in dry period, crop failure due to drought and salinity intrusion along the coastal region.
Climate models typically predict an
increase in Indian summer
monsoon rainfall with anthropogenic warming.
The Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology, which has a centre for climate change, has found that
monsoon rainfall has reduced in states such as Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala whereas it has
increased in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jammu amd Kashmir.
In its projection for South Asia, the technical summary of the report clearly points at «enhanced summer
monsoon precipitation and
increased rainfall extremes of landfall cyclones on the coasts of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea».
He said though the Indian summer
monsoon circulation will weaken,
rainfall will
increase due to higher atmospheric moisture resulting from a rise in temperatures.
This event is associated with cold and dry conditions
increasing with latitude in the North, temperature and precipitation influences on tropical and boreal wetlands, Siberian - like winters in much of the North Atlantic, weakening of
monsoon intensity, and southward displacement of tropical
rainfall patterns.
Our experiments show that the solar cycle influences tropospheric
rainfall patterns in a manner consistent with some observations, with
increased solar activity favoring precipitation north of the equator (for example, the South Asian
monsoon) and decreased precipitation both near the equator and at northern mid-latitudes.