@article{fdi:010065146,
  title = {{D}rying of {I}ndian subcontinent by rapid {I}ndian {O}cean warming and a weakening land-sea thermal gradient},
  author = {{R}oxy, {M}. {K}. and {R}itika, {K}. and {T}erray, {P}ascal and {M}urtugudde, {R}. and {A}shok, {K}. and {G}oswami, {B}. {N}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}here are large uncertainties looming over the status and fate of the {S}outh {A}sian summer monsoon, with several studies debating whether the monsoon is weakening or strengthening in a changing climate. {O}ur analysis using multiple observed datasets demonstrates a significant weakening trend in summer rainfall during 1901-2012 over the central-east and northern regions of {I}ndia, along the {G}anges-{B}rahmaputra-{M}eghna basins and the {H}imalayan foothills, where agriculture is still largely rain-fed. {E}arlier studies have suggested an increase in moisture availability and land-sea thermal gradient in the tropics due to anthropogenic warming, favouring an increase in tropical rainfall. {H}ere we show that the land-sea thermal gradient over {S}outh {A}sia has been decreasing, due to rapid warming in the {I}ndian {O}cean and a relatively subdued warming over the subcontinent. {U}sing long-term observations and coupled model experiments, we provide compelling evidence that the enhanced {I}ndian {O}cean warming potentially weakens the land-sea thermal contrast, dampens the summer monsoon {H}adley circulation, and thereby reduces the rainfall over parts of {S}outh {A}sia.},
  keywords = {{INDE} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}ature {C}ommunications},
  volume = {6},
  numero = {},
  pages = {art. 7423 [10 ]},
  ISSN = {2041-1723},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1038/ncomms8423},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065146},
}