Contrasting aerosol trends over South Asia during the last decade based on MODIS observations

DG Kaskaoutis, SK Kharol, PR Sinha… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - amt.copernicus.org
Atmospheric aerosols over south Asia constitute a major environmental and climate issue.
Thus, extensive land and cruise campaigns have been conducted over the area focusing on …

Inter-comparison of multi-satellites and Aeronet AOD over Indian Region

R Mangla, J Indu, SS Chakra - Atmospheric Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Aerosols affect global as well as regional climate by interacting with solar radiations and by
altering the cloud properties. Due to the scarcity of ground observations over entire India …

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 …

Contribution of natural and anthropogenic aerosols to optical properties and radiative effects over an urban location

S Ramachandran, R Srivastava, S Kedia… - Environmental …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
A method to determine the contribution of natural and anthropogenic aerosol species to
aerosol radiative forcing using surface-based, columnar and vertical profile measurements …

Temporal variability in aerosol characteristics and its radiative properties over Patiala, northwestern part of India: Impact of agricultural biomass burning emissions

D Sharma, AK Srivastava, K Ram, A Singh… - Environmental Pollution, 2017 - Elsevier
A comprehensive measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD), particulate matter (PM) and
black carbon (BC) mass concentrations have been carried out over Patiala, a semi-urban …

Impact of two intense dust storms on aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing over Patiala, northwestern India

D Sharma, D Singh, DG Kaskaoutis - Advances in Meteorology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Impact of dust storms on the aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing over Patiala,
northwestern India has been studied during April‐June of 2010 using satellite observations …

Aerosol columnar characteristics and their heterogeneous nature over Varanasi, in the central Ganges valley

S Tiwari, D Kaskaoutis, VK Soni, S Dev Attri… - … Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Indo–Gangetic Basin (IGB) experiences one of the highest aerosol loading
over the globe with pronounced inter-/intra-seasonal variability. Four-year (January 2011 …

Characterization and radiative impact of dust aerosols over northwestern part of India: a case study during a severe dust storm

A Singh, S Tiwari, D Sharma, D Singh, S Tiwari… - Meteorology and …, 2016 - Springer
The present study focused on examining the impact of a severe dust storm (DS) on aerosol
properties over Patiala (30.33° N, 76.4° E), a site located in the northwestern part of India …

Effect of major dust storm on optical, physical, and radiative properties of aerosols over coastal and urban environments in Western India

GR Aher, GV Pawar, P Gupta… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The present study deals with a major summertime dust storm event that occurred over the
Arabian Desert, Saudi Arabia (SA), and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and spread to …

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 …