Reduced probability of 2020 June–July persistent heavy Meiyu rainfall event in the mid-lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin under anthropogenic forcing

Tang, H., Wang, Z., Tang, B., Ma, Y., Pei, L., Tian, F., Wang, J., Nanding, N., Sparrow, S., Tett, S. F. B., Dong, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0809-7911 and Lott, F. C. (2022) Reduced probability of 2020 June–July persistent heavy Meiyu rainfall event in the mid-lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin under anthropogenic forcing. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103 (3). pp. 83-89. ISSN 0003-0007 doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0167.1

Abstract/Summary

Anthropogenic forcing has approximately halved the probability of 2020 June–July persistent heavy Meiyu rainfall event based on HadGEM3-GA6 simulations without considering the COVID-induced aerosol emission reduction.