This study investigates the direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic aerosols emission on East Asian climate during the winter (December-February) for the period of . Using a globally coupled climate model, HadGEM2-AO, we compare ensemble means between historical runs with and without aerosol emissions. During the 20th century the major contributions to the total Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) over the East Asian region came more from anthropogenic aerosols than from natural aerosols. The

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... asing total AOD induces the negative radiative in a clear-sky condition, leading to cooling the surface. Indirect effect contributes to the increase in the total cloud fraction, resulting from the increased low-level stratus and stratocumulus clouds. Consequently, the net surface radiative flux becomes negative due to the direct and indirect effects of aerosols. Land surface cooling seems to enhance the landsea pressure gradient in the East Asian wintertime climate, and the associated wind anomalies induce the regional wintertime precipitation amount changes over South China.