What is it about?

A model study to investigate whether a single large aerosol source can affect regional scale rainfall

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Why is it important?

anthropogenic particel emissions may impact spatial and temporal rainfall patterns as observed in Western Australia.

Perspectives

Western Australia and Queensland have very similar rainfall trends, however WA has additionally a large land use change. Can we trace back rainfall modfication to anthropogenic activity?

Wolfgang Junkermann
Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie

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This page is a summary of: Anthropogenic Aerosol Emissions and Rainfall Decline in Southwestern Australia: Coincidence or Causality?, Journal of Climate, December 2016, American Meteorological Society,
DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-16-0082.1.
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