The work I've tracked on monsoon remains equivocal on overall rainfall. Interesting 2006 study showed no change in total precip last 50 years, but more coming in heavy downpours (familiar refrain).
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/world/asia/01briefs-indiafloods.html http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/314/5804/1442 So that probably means that any impact from sulfates etc would also be hard to gauge at this point. Certainly there's other work showing that small-particle pollution (low altitude) can impede rainfall (both in Amazon and Asia). Stay tuned... : ) -- Andrew C. Revkin The New York Times / Environment 620 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10018 Tel: 212-556-7326 Mob: 914-441-5556 Fax: 509-357-0965 http://www.nytimes.com/revkin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineering@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
