The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

Southern Asia, extending from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Indonesia and Papua New
Guinea, is one of the most heavily populated regions of the world. Biofuel and biomass …

We present the first detailed analysis of a 9 year (2000–2008) seasonal climatology of size‐
and shape‐segregated aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Ångström exponent (AE) over the …

We examine the distribution of aerosols and associated optical/radiative properties in the
Gangetic-Himalayan region from simultaneous radiometric measurements over the Indo …

The Himalayas have a profound effect on the South Asian climate and the regional
hydrological cycle, as it forms a barrier for the strong monsoon winds and serves as an …

Desert dust over the Indian region during pre-monsoon season is known to strengthen
monsoon circulation, by modulating rainfall through the elevated heat pump (EHP) …

Dust aerosol, one of the important light-absorbing impurities in snow and ice sheets in the
Tibet Plateau (TP), can significantly affect the magnitude and timing of snow melting and …

While the demand for enhancing rainfall through cloud seeding is strong and persistent in
the country, considerable uncertainty exists on the success of such an endeavour at a given …

We presented an algorithm for inferring aerosol layer height (ALH) and optical depth (AOD)
over ocean surface from radiances in oxygen A and B bands measured by the Earth …

The study of physico-chemical properties of atmospheric aerosol is important as these
influence the Earth's climate directly by scattering and absorbing solar radiation, and …