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Climate response to smoke from the burning oil wells in Kuwait

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The response of the global climate system to smoke from burning oil wells in Kuwait is investigated in a series of numerical experiments using a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model with an interactive soot transport model and extended radiation scheme. The results show a decrease in surface air temperature of ~4 °C in the Gulf region. Outside this region the changes are small and statistically insignificant. No weakening of the Indian summer monsoon is observed.

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  1. Max-Planck-lnstitut für Meteorologie, Bundesstrasse 55, D-2000, Hamburg, 13, Germany

    S. Bakan, A. Chlond, U. Cubasch, H. Graf, H. Grassl, K. Hasselmann, I. Kirchner, M. Latif, E. Roeckner, U. Schlese, D. Schriever, I. Schult & W. Welke

  2. Meteorologisches Institut der Universität, Bundesstrasse 55, D-2000, Hamburg, 13, Germany

    J. Feichter, H. Grassl, R. Sausen & F. Sielmann

  3. Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, D-8031, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

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Bakan, S., Chlond, A., Cubasch, U. et al. Climate response to smoke from the burning oil wells in Kuwait. Nature 351, 367–371 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/351367a0

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