Trends of monsoon circulation and rainfall : Role of ...8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0-4.0-3.0-2.0-1.0 0.0 1.0...

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Trends of monsoon circulation and rainfall : Role of natural variability M Rajeevan Ministry of Earth Sciences New Delhi [email protected]

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Trends of monsoon circulation and rainfall : Role of natural variability

M RajeevanMinistry of Earth Sciences

New [email protected]

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Background

• With the projections of global warming, some changes are expected in monsoon circulation and rainfall.

• IPCC models generally indicate a strengthening of the monsoon due to increase in water vapour.

• The role of aerosols, especially black carbon aerosols on the Indian monsoon is uncertain.

• Observational studies suggested a weakening of the monsoon circulation and rainfall during the recent years (since 1951)

• Recent studies have attributed these changes to the changes in atmospheric constituents especially aerosols.

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J Climate, 2006

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Science, 2011

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Nature, 2011

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Monsoon circulation and rainfall trends

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Science, 2011

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If we consider rainfall from 1951-2012, then there is a statistically significant decrease of all-India rainfall

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Regional monsoon rainfall

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Time series of LPS and Depressions

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1951-1980 1981-2007

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Impacts of enhanced CCN on the organization of convection and recent reduced counts of monsoon depressions T. N. Krishnamurti ; Andrew Martin ; Ruby Krishnamurti ; Anu Simon ; Aype Thomas ; VinayKumarProc. SPIE 8529, Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Interactions IV, 85290E (November 29, 2012); doi:10.1117/12.979717

•This paper addresses the effects of pollution for the enhancement of cloud condensation nuclei and the resulting disruption of the organization of convection in monsoon depressions. Our specific studies make use of a high resolution mesoscale model (WRF/CHEM) to explore the impacts of the first and second aerosol indirect effects proposed by Twomey and Albrecht.

We have conducted preliminary studies including examination of the evolution of radar reflectivity (computed inversely from the model hydrometeors) for normal and enhanced CCN effects (arising from enhanced monsoon pollution).

The time lapse histories show a major disruption in the organization of convection of the monsoon depressions on the time scale of a week to ten days in these enhanced CCN scenarios.

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Vertical wind shear/ horizontal wind shear

Dash et al, Current Science, 2004

It is speculated that the decrease in frequency of monsoon depressions is due to decrease in horizontal and vertical wind shears

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Reanalysis and climate trends: IPCC AR4

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Supplement material: Page 8

“In reality, however, observational coverage varies over time, observations are themselves prone to bias, either instrumental or through not being representative of their wider surrounding, and these observational biases can change over time. This introduces trends and low-frequency variations in analyses that are mixed with the true climatic signals, making long timescale trends over the full length of the reanalyses potentially unreliable. Better representation of trends by reanalysis systems requires progress on identifying and correcting model and observational biases, assimilating as complete as set of past observations as possible.”

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Reanalysis and climatic trendsTime series of NCEP U850 and Rainfall

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Aerosols and break monsoon

During the break monsoon periods, more aerosol loading is observed over central plains of India. This could be attributed to the circulation anomalies associated with the monsoon breaks Ravi Kiran, M Rajeevan and S Vijaya Bhasakara

Rao, 2009, Goephys. Res. Letters

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Increase in Pre-monsoon Tropical Cyclone Intensity

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Nature, 2011

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Rajeevan et al. 2013, Atmospheric Science Letters

Variation of vertical wind shear

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Rajeevan et al. 2013, Atmospheric Science Letters

Variation of Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential

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Conclusions

• It is important to understand the role of atmospheric constituents including aerosols on monsoon circulation and rainfall, both using observations and models.

• However, it is very important to consider the natural variability of monsoon before any conclusions are drawn about the impact of atmospheric constituents on monsoon.