Study of aerosol optical depth, ozone, and precipitable water vapour content over Sinhagad, a high-altitude station in the Western Ghats

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 613-630

  Vijayakumar, K ^a   Devara, P C S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OZONE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL;

ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL (AMSL); DOWN-WELLING RADIATION; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OZONE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITABLE WATER CONTENT; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOUR; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OZONE; PHOTOMETER; PRECIPITABLE WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

INDIA; WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 84866450278     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2012.705444     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Adeyewa, Z. D. and Balogun, E. E. 2003. Wavelength Dependence of Aerosol Optical Depth and the Fit of the Ångström Law. Theoretical & Applied Climatology, 74: 105-22.
2. Aher, G. R. and Agashe, V. V. 1998. Determination of Atmospheric Turbidity at Pune. Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, 27: 53-9.
3. Alexandris, D., Varotsos, C., Kondratyev, K. Y. and Chronopoulos, G. 1999. On the Altitude Dependence of Solar Effective UV. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part C-Solar-Terrestrial and Planetary Science, 24: 515-17.
4. Ananthakrishnan, R., Selvam, A. M. and Chellappa, R. 1965. Seasonal Variation of Precipitable Water Vapor in the Atmosphere over India. Indian Journal of Meteorology & Geophysics, 16: 371-84.
5. Ångström, A. 1961. Techniques of Determining the Turbidity of the Atmosphere. Tellus, 8: 214-23.
6. Badarinath, K. V. S., Kharol, S. K., Kaskaoutis, D. G. and Kambezidis, H. D. 2007. Influence of Atmospheric Aerosols on Solar Spectral Irradiance in an Urban Area. Journal of Atmospheric Solar Terrestrial Physics, 69: 589-99.
7. Bhawar, R. L. and Devara, P. C. S. 2009. Study of Successive Contrasting Monsoons (2001-2002) in Terms of Aerosol Variability over a Tropical Station Pune, India. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10: 29-37.
8. Cachorro, V. E., De Frutos, A. M. and Casanova, J. L. 1987. Determination of the Ångström Turbidity Parameters. Applied Optics, 26: 3069-76.
9. Cachorro, V. E., Vergaz, R. and De Frutos, A. M. 2001. A Quantitative Comparison of α Turbidity Parameter Retrieved in Different Spectral Ranges Based on Spectroradiometer Solar Radiation Measurements. Atmospheric Environment, 35: 5117-24. doi:10.1016/S1352-2310(01)00321-1
10. Dani, K. K., Maheskumar, R. S. and Devara, P. C. S. 2003. Study of Total Column Atmospheric Aerosol Optical Depth, Ozone and Precipitable Water Content over Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-99. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth & Planetary Sciences), 112: 205-21.
11. Devara, P. C. S., Maheskumar, R. S., Raj, P. E., Dani, K. K. and Sonbawne, S. M. 2001. Some Features of Column Aerosol Optical Depth, Ozone and Precipitable Water Content Observed over Land during the INDOEX-IFP99. Meteorologische Zeitschraft, 10: 123-30.
12. Eck, T. F., Holben, B. N., Dubovic, O., Smirnov, A., Slutsker, I., Lobert, J. M. and Ramanathan, V. 2001a. Column-Integrated Aerosol Optical Properties over the Maldives during the Northeast Monsoon for 1998-2000. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106: 555-66. doi:10.1029/2001JD000786
13. Eck, T. F., Holben, B. N., Reid, J. S., Dubovik, O., Smirnov, A., 'neill, N. T. O, Slutsker, I. and Kinne, S. 1999. Wavelength Dependence of the Optical Depth of Biomass Burning, Urban, and Desert Dust Aerosols. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104: 333-49. doi:10.1029/1999JD900923
14. Eck, T. F., Holben, B. N., Ward, D. E., Dubovic, O., Reid, J. S., Smirnov, A., Mukelabai, M. M., Hsu, N. C., 'neill, N. T. O and Slutsker, I. 2001b. Characterization of the Optical Properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols in Zambia during the 1997 ZIBBEE field Campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106: 3425-48. doi:10.1029/2000JD900555
15. Esposito, F., Leone, L., Pavese, G., Restieri, R. and Serio, C. 2004. Seasonal Variation of Aerosol Properties in South Italy: A Study on Aerosol Optical Depths, Angstrom Turbidity Parameters 15 and Aerosol Size Distributions. Atmospheric Environment, 38: 1605-14.
16. Gupta, P., Gadhavi, H. and Jayaraman, A. 2003. Aerosol Optical Depth Variation Observed Using Sun Photometer over Indore. Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, 32: 229-37.
17. Holben, B. N., Tanré, D., Smirnov, A., Eck, T. F., Slutsker, I., Abuhassan, N., Newcomb, W. W., Schafer, J. S., Chatenet, B., Lavenu, F., Kaufman, Y. J., Castle, J. V., Setzer, A., Markham, B., Clark, D., Frouin, R., Halthore, R., Karneti, A., O'Neil, N. T., Pietras, C., Pinker, R. T., Voss, K. and Zibordi, G. 2001. An emerging Ground-Based Aerosol Climatology: Aerosol Optical Depth from AERONET. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106: 12067-97.
18. Ichoku, C., Levy, R., Kaufmann, Y. J., Remer, L. A., Li, R. R., Martins, V. J., Holben, B. N., Abuhassan, N., Slutsker, I., Eck, T. F. and Pietras, C. 2002. Analysis of the Performance Characteristics of the Five-Channel Microtops II Sun Photometer for Measuring Aerosol Optical Thickness and Precipitable Water Vapour. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107: 4179 doi:101029/2001JD001302
19. Jayaraman, A., Lubin, D., Ramachandran, S., Ramanathan, V., Woodbridge, E., Collins, W. D. and Zalpuri, K. S. 1998. Direct Observations of Aerosol Radiative Forcing over Tropical Indian Ocean during the January-February 1996 pre-INDOEX Cruise. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103: 13827-36.
20. Kaskaoutis, D. G., Kambezidis, H. D., Hatzianastassiou, N., Kosmopoulos, P. G. and Badarinath, K. V. S. 2007. Aerosol Climatology: On the Discrimination of Aerosol Types over Four AERONET Sites. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 7: 6357-411.
21. Kaskaoutis, D. G., Kambezidis, H. D., Nastos, P. T. and Kosmopoulos, P. G. 2008. Study on an Intense Dust Storm over Greece. Atmospheric Environment, 42: 6884-96.
22. Kasten, F. and Young, A. T. 1989. Revised Optical Air Mass Tables and Approximation Formula. Applied Optics, 28: 4735-8.
23. Katsambas, A., Varotsos, C. A., Veziryianni, G. and Antoniou, C. 1997. Surface Solar Ultraviolet Radiation: A Theoretical Approach of the SUVR Reaching the Ground in Athens, Greece. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 4: 69-73.
24. Kaufman, Y. J. and Fraser, R. S. 1983. Light Extinction by Aerosols during Summer Air Pollution. Journal of Climatology and Applied Meteorology, 22: 1694-725.
25. Kim, D.-H., Sohn, B.-J., Nakajima, T., Takamura, T., Takemura, T., Choi, B.-C. and Yoon, S.-C. 2004. Aerosol Optical Properties over East Asia Determined from Ground-Based Sky Radiation Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109: D02209 doi:10.1029/2003JD003387
26. Kondratyev, K. Y. and Varotsos, C. A. 1995. Volcanic Eruptions and Global Ozone Dynamics. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16: 1887-95. doi:10.1080/01431169508954526
27. Kondratyev, K. Y. and Varotsos, C. A. 1996. Global Total Ozone Dynamics: Impact on Surface Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Variability and Ecosystems. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 3: 205-9.
28. Levy, R. C., Remer, L. A., Mattoo, S., Vermote, E. and Kaufman, Y. J. 2007. Second-Generation Operational Algorithm: Retrieval of Aerosol Properties over Land from Inversion of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Spectral Reflectance. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112: D13211 doi:10.1029/2006JD007811
29. Maheskumar, R. S., Devara, P. C. S., Dani, K. K. and Raj, P. E. 2001. Optical Characteristics of Aerosol as Inferred from a High Spectral Resolution Radiometer Observation over Pune during the INDOEX IFP-99. Current Science (Supplement), 80: 115-19.
30. Masmoudi, M., Chaabane, M., Tanré, D., Gouloup, P., Blarel, L. and Elleuch, F. 2003. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Aerosol: Size Distribution and Optical Properties. Atmospheric Research, 66: 1-19. doi:10.1016/S0169-80950200174-6
31. Morys, M., Mims, F. M., Hagerup, S., Anderson, S. E., Baker, A., Kia, J. and Walkup, T. 2001. Design, Calibration, and Performance of MICROTOPS-II Handled Ozone Monitor and Sun Photometer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106: 14573-82.
32. Ogunjobi, K. O., He, Z., Kim, K. W. and Kim, Y. J. 2004. Aerosol Optical Depth during Episodes of Asian Dust Storms and Biomass Burning at Kwangju, South Korea. Atmospheric Environment, 38: 1313-23. doi:10.1016/ j.atmosenv.2003.11.031
33. Pace, G., Di Sarra, A., Meloni, D., Piacentino, S. and Chamard, P. 2006. Aerosol Optical Properties at Lambeduca (Central Mediterranean), 1. Influence of Transport and Identification of Different Aerosol Types. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6: 697-713.
34. Pandey, R. and Vyas, B. M. 2004. Study of Total Column Ozone, Precipitable Water Content and Aerosol Optical Depth at Udaipur, a Tropical Station. Current Science, 86: 305-9.
35. Pinker, R. T., Pandithurai, G., Holben, B. N., Dubovik, O. and Aro, T. O. 2001. A Dust Outbreak Episode in Sub-Sahel West Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106: 923-30.
36. Ramanathan, V., Crutzen, P. J. and Levievld, J. 2001. Indian Ocean Experiment: An Integrated Analysis of the Climate Forcing and Effects of the Great Indo-Asian Haze. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 106: 28371-98.
37. Remer, L. A. 2005. The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products, and Validation. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 62: 947-73.
38. Rosenfeld, D. 2006. Aerosols, Clouds and Climate. Science, 312: 1323-4.
39. Satheesh, S. K., Moorthy, K. K., Kaufman, Y. J. and Takemura, T. 2006. Aerosol Optical Depth, Physical Properties and Radiative Forcing over the Arabian Sea. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 91: 45-62.
40. Subbaraya, B. H. and Jayaraman, A. 1982. Aerosol Concentrations and Size Distribution in the Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere over Thumba. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 120: 407-21.
41. Tripathi, S. N., Dey, S., Chandel, A., Srivastava, S., Singh, R. P. and Holben, B. N. 2005. Comparison of MODIS and AERONET Derived Aerosol Optical Depth over the Ganga Basin, India. Annals Geophysics, 23: 1093-101.
42. Varotsos, C. 2005. Airborne Measurements of Aerosol, Ozone, and Solar Ultraviolet Irradiance in the Troposphere. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110: D09202 doi:10.1029/2004JD005397
43. Varotsos, C. A., Chronopoulos, G. J., Katsikis, S. and Sakellariou, N. K. 1995. Further Evidence of the Role of Air-Pollution on Solar Ultraviolet-Radiation Reaching the Ground. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 16: 1883-6.
44. Varotsos, C. A., Ondov, J. M., Cracknell, A. P., Efstathiou, M. N. and Assimakopoulos, M. N. 2006. Long-Range Persistence in Global Aerosol Index Dynamics. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27: 3593-603. doi:10.1080/01431160600617236
45. Varotsos, C. A., Ondov, J. and Efstathiou, M. 2005. Scaling Properties of Air Pollution in Athens, Greece and Baltimore, Maryland. Atmospheric Environment, 39: 4041-7. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.03.024