Figure 6
From: Elevated aerosol layer over South Asia worsens the Indian droughts
Seasonal mean (July - September) precipitation anomalies (mm•day−1) obtained from (a) aeroffEL-aeroffCL simulation, indicating reduced rainfall during El Niño than climatology when no aerosols were introduced, (b) aeronEL-aeronCL simulation, indicating reduced rainfall during El Niño relative to climatology when aerosols were introduced. Comparison of a,b indicates that aerosols have increased the scarcity of drought in El Niño simulation. A schematic depicts aerosol distribution in the ATAL during (c) normal and (d) co-occurring El Niño simulation. Vertical transport of sulfate aerosols from East Asian during El Niño is shown in (d). (a,b created using the COLA/GrADS software and c,d) plotted using NCL and 3D effect and schematic designs created using Adobe illustrator).
