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Integrated model shows that atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases have reduced rice harvests in India.

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Auffhammer, M; Ramanathan, V; Vincent, JR
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
December 2006

Previous studies have found that atmospheric brown clouds partially offset the warming effects of greenhouse gases. This finding suggests a tradeoff between the impacts of reducing emissions of aerosols and greenhouse gases. Results from a statistical model of historical rice harvests in India, coupled with regional climate scenarios from a parallel climate model, indicate that joint reductions in brown clouds and greenhouse gases would in fact have complementary, positive impacts on harvests. The results also imply that adverse climate changes due to brown clouds and greenhouse gases contributed to the slowdown in harvest growth that occurred during the past two decades.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

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1091-6490

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

December 2006

Volume

103

Issue

52

Start / End Page

19668 / 19672

Related Subject Headings

  • Weather
  • Time Factors
  • Temperature
  • Seasons
  • Oryza
  • Models, Biological
  • India
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Crops, Agricultural
  • Color
 

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Auffhammer, M., Ramanathan, V., & Vincent, J. R. (2006). Integrated model shows that atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases have reduced rice harvests in India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(52), 19668–19672. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0609584104
Auffhammer, Maximilian, V. Ramanathan, and Jeffrey R. Vincent. “Integrated model shows that atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases have reduced rice harvests in India.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103, no. 52 (December 2006): 19668–72. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0609584104.
Auffhammer M, Ramanathan V, Vincent JR. Integrated model shows that atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases have reduced rice harvests in India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2006 Dec;103(52):19668–72.
Auffhammer, Maximilian, et al. “Integrated model shows that atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases have reduced rice harvests in India.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 103, no. 52, Dec. 2006, pp. 19668–72. Epmc, doi:10.1073/pnas.0609584104.
Auffhammer M, Ramanathan V, Vincent JR. Integrated model shows that atmospheric brown clouds and greenhouse gases have reduced rice harvests in India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2006 Dec;103(52):19668–19672.
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Published In

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI

EISSN

1091-6490

ISSN

0027-8424

Publication Date

December 2006

Volume

103

Issue

52

Start / End Page

19668 / 19672

Related Subject Headings

  • Weather
  • Time Factors
  • Temperature
  • Seasons
  • Oryza
  • Models, Biological
  • India
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Crops, Agricultural
  • Color