Air Pollution Modeling – An Overview

In the Asian monsoon and adjacent regions, the aerosol forcing and responses of the water cycle are even more complex. Both direct and indirect effects may take place locally and simultaneously, interacting with each other. In addition to local effects, monsoon rainfall may be affected by aerosols transported from other regions and intensif ied through large-scale circulation and moisture feedbacks. Thus, dust transported by the large-scale circulation from the deserts adjacent to northern India may affect rainfall over the Bay of Bengal; sulphate and black carbon from industrial pollution in central and southern China and northern India may affect the...