Aerosol properties and radiative forcing over Kanpur during severe aerosol loading conditions

DG Kaskaoutis, PR Sinha, V Vinoj… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - Elsevier
The present work analyzes the aerosol episode (AE) days and examines the modification in
aerosol properties and radiative forcing during the period 2001–2010 based on Kanpur …

NMVOC emissions and their formation into secondary organic aerosols over India using WRF-Chem model

S Azmi, M Sharma, PK Nagar - Atmospheric Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) emissions from anthropogenic, open
burning, and biogenic sources, and their formation into secondary organic aerosols (SOA) …

Black carbon aerosol mass concentration, absorption and single scattering albedo from single and dual spot aethalometers: Radiative implications

TA Rajesh, S Ramachandran - Journal of Aerosol Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Black carbon (BC) is a primary aerosol emitted directly into the atmosphere from incomplete
combustion. It absorbs incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation, which has …

Estimation and model performance of aerosol radiative forcing from Radiative Transfer models using the AERONET data over Kenya, East Africa

MT Sangura, P Althaf, JW Makokha, R Boiyo… - Advances in Space …, 2025 - Elsevier
The rapid economic growth and a lack of strict implementation of air quality regulations have
led to unqualified effects on the health, the environment, and the climate. In recent years …

Black carbon aerosols: Relative source strengths of vehicular emissions and residential/open wood burning over an urban and a semi-urban environment

TA Rajesh, S Ramachandran, VK Dhaker - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive investigation of equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentration was
conducted over an urban (Ahmedabad) and an adjoining semi-urban (Anand) environment …

Warming impact of black carbon aerosols on the direct radiative forcing over a semi-arid location, Solapur in India

PS Soyam, PD Safai, Y Lian, AS Panicker… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the aerosol radiative forcing (ARF) using ground-based
measurements of PM 2.5 and black carbon aerosols at a semi-arid, rain shadow location …

Direct radiative forcing properties of atmospheric aerosols over semi-arid region, Anantapur in India

ROR Kalluri, B Gugamsetty, RG Kotalo… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper describes the aerosols optical, physical characteristics and the aerosol radiative
forcing pertaining to semi-arid region, Anantapur for the period January 2013-December …

Spatiotemporal characteristics of aerosols in India: observations and model simulations

S Ramachandran, S Kedia, V Sheel - Atmospheric Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
An analysis of aerosol characteristics measured using sun photometers, MODIS and MISR,
and simulated using global aerosol models (GOCART and MOZART) over six distinctly …

Atmospheric abundances of black carbon aerosols and their radiative impact over an urban and a rural site in SW India

MP Raju, PD Safai, K Vijayakumar, PCS Devara… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Observations on black carbon (BC) aerosols over an urban site (Pune) and a rural, high
altitude site (Sinhagad) during summer and winter seasons over the period of 2009–2013 …

The effect of aerosols on long wave radiation and global warming

Y Zhou, H Savijärvi - Atmospheric Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The effect of aerosols on long wave (LW) radiation was studied based on narrowband LW
calculations in a reference mid-latitude summer atmosphere with and without aerosols …