article_snippet: Jonathan Jiang, who is part of JPL, and Yuan Wang looked at the potential link between more intense storms in the Northwest Pacific, deeper clouds over the Pacific Oceanthe Northwest Pacificthe Pacific Ocean, and Asia's period of economic growth -- all of which happened in the same 30-year period, according to the news outlet.
article_snippet: We found that pollution from China affects cloud development in the Northwest Pacific and strengthens extratropical cyclones,' Yuan Wang, who is a postdoctoral fellow, told Earth Science News.
article_snippet: Yuan Wang told the news outlet that more powerful extratropical cyclones likely played a role in 2013 winter weather on the East Coast.
article_snippet: Yuan Wang also said that during extratropical cyclones, a larger amount of water undergoes condensation on aerosols -- due to greater pollution.
article_snippet: Heat released from the process can contribute to a cloud becoming both larger and deeper, Earth Science News explained.
article_snippet: Speaking to the Weather Channel, Yuan Wang said 'During the wintertime, human-induced pollution such as coal burning in many Asian cities can create smog that lasts for weeks.
article_snippet: Cold conditions: Postdoctoral fellow Yuan Wang has said that more powerful extratropical cyclones likely played a role in 2013 winter weather in the East.
article_snippet: Under favorable wind conditions, pollution particles can be transported downwind across the North Pacific, where winter storms are prevalent.'
article_snippet: However, Yuan Wang told NPR that Yuan Wang does not know to what extent powerful Pacific storms can cause severe weather in other parts of the United States. '
article_snippet: he does not know to what extent powerful Pacific storms can cause severe weather in other parts of the United States have not reached a final conclusion yet,' Yuan Wang told the media outlet.
highlights_snippet: Scientists looked at the potential link between more intense storms in the Northwest Pacific, deeper clouds over the Pacific Ocean, and Asia's period of economic growth .