Aerosol characteristics in north-east India using ARFINET spectral optical depth measurements

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 125, Issue , 2016, Pages 461-473

  Pathak, B ^a   Subba, T ^a   Dahutia, P ^a   Bhuyan, P K ^a   Moorthy, K Krishna ^b   Gogoi, M M ^b   Babu, S Suresh ^b   Chutia, L ^a   Ajay, P ^a   Biswas, J ^a   Bharali, C ^a   Borgohain, A ^c   Dhar, P ^d   Guha, A ^d   De, B K ^d   Banik, T ^d   Chakraborty, M ^d   Kundu, S S ^c   Sudhakar, S ^c   Singh, S B ^e  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^c North Eastern Space Applications Centre   (India)

^d TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Aerosol radiative forcing; ARFINET; Extinction coefficient; HYSPLIT; Multiwavelength solar Radiometer; ngstr m exponent

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BRICKMAKING; CRASHWORTHINESS; HEATING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPACE RESEARCH;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; ARFINET; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HYSPLIT; MULTIWAVELENGTH SOLAR RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOLS;

BIOFUEL; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BIOMASS BURNING; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL DEPTH; RADIATIVE FORCING;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; HEATING; INDIA; METEOROLOGY; OIL AND GAS FIELD; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

BANGLADESH; BAY OF BENGAL; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84954371052     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.07.038     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Adak A., Chatterjee A., Kumar S.A., Sarkar C., Ghosh S., Raha Si Atmospheric fine mode particulates at Eastern Himalaya, India: role of meteorology, long-range transport and local anthropogenic sources. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 2014, 14:440-450.
2. Babu S.S., Moorthy K.K., Manchanda R.K., Sinha P.R., Satheesh S.K., Vajja D.P., Srinivasan S., Arun Kumar V.H. Free tropospheric black carbon aerosol measurements using high altitude balloon: do BC layers build "their own homes" up in the atmosphere?. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2011, L08803. 10.1029/2011GL046654.
3. Babu S.S., Manoj M.R., Moorthy K.K., Gogoi M.M., Nair V.S., Kompalli S.K., Satheesh S.K., Niranjan K., Ramagopal K., Bhuyan P.K., Singh D. Trends in aerosol optical depth over Indian region: potential causes and impact indicators. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 2013, 118:11,794-11,806. 10.1002/2013JD020507.
4. Bonasoni P., Laj P., Marinoni A., Sprenger M., Angelini F., Arduini J., Bonafè U., Calzolari F., Colombo T., Decesari S., Di Biagio C., di Sarra A.G., Evangelisti F., Duchi R., Facchini M.C., Fuzzi S., Gobbi G.P., Maione M., Panday A., Roccato F., Sellegri K., Venzac H., Verza G.P., Villani P., Vuillermoz E., Cristofanelli P. Atmospheric brown clouds in the Himalayas: first two years of continuous observations at the Nepal climate observatory-pyramid (5079 m). Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2010, 10:7515-7531.
5. Bhuyan P.K., Gogoi M.M., Moorthy K.K. Spectral and temporal characteristics of aerosol optical depth over a wet tropical location in North East India. Adv. Space Res. 2005, 35:1423-1429.
6. Cao J., Tie X., Xu B., Zhao Z., Zhu C., Li G., Liu S. Measuring and modeling black carbon (BC) contamination in the SE Tibetan Plateau. J. Atmos. Chem. 2010, 67:45-60.
7. Chin M., Rood R.B., Lin S.J., Muller J.F., Thompson A.M. Atmospheric sulfur cycle simulated in the global model GOCART: model description and global properties. J. Geophys. Res. 2000, 105:24 671-24 687.
8. d'Almeida G.A., Koepke P., Shettle E.P. Atmospheric Aerosols-global Climatology and Radiative Characteristics 1991, A. Deepak, Hampton, VA.
9. Dumka U.C., Moorthy K.K., Tripathi S.N., Hegde P., Sagar R. Altitude variation of aerosol properties over the Himalayan range inferred from spatial measurements. J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 2011, 73:1747-1761.
10. Gautam R., Hsu N.C., Lau K.M. Premonsoon aerosol characterization and radiative effects over the Indo Gangetic Plains: implications for regional climate warming. J. Geophys. Res. 2010, 115:D17208. 10.1029/2010JD013819.
11. Gogoi M.M., Moorthy K.K., Babu S.S., Bhuyan P.K. Climatology of columnar aerosol properties and the influence of synoptic conditions: first time results from the northeastern region of India. J. Geophys. Res. 2009, 114:D08202. 10.1029/2008JD010765.
12. Gogoi M.M., Pathak B., Moorthy K.K., Bhuyan P.K., Babu S.S., Bhuyan K., Kalita K. Multi-year investigations of near surface and columnar aerosols over Dibrugarh, northeastern location of India: heterogeneity in source impacts. Atmos. Environ. 2011, 45:1714-1724.
13. Gogoi M.M., Moorthy K.K., Kumar K.S., Chaubey J.P., Babu S.S., Manoj M.R., Nair V.S., Prabhu T.P. Physical and optical properties of aerosols in a free Tropospheric environment: results from long-term observations over western trans-Himalayas. Atmos. Environ. 2014, 84:262-274.
14. Girolamo L.D., Bond T.C., Bramer D., Diner D.J., Fettinger F., Kahn R.A., Martonchik J.V., Ramana M.V., Ramanathan V., Rasch P.J. Analysis of Multi-angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) aerosol optical depths over greater India during winter 2001-2004. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2004, 31:L23115. 10.1029/2004GL021273.
15. Guha A., De B.K., Dhar P., Banik T., Chakraborty M., Roy R., Choudhury A., Gogoi M.M., Babu S.S., Moorthy K.K. Seasonal characteristics of aerosol black carbon in relation to long range transport over Tripura in northeast India. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. 2015, 15:786-798. 10.4209/aaqr.2014.02.0029.
16. Hess M., Koepke P., Schultz I. Optical properties of aerosols and clouds: the software package OPAC. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 1998, 79:831-844.
17. Holben B.N., Eck T.F., Skitsker I., Tanré D., Bziis J.P., Setzer A., Vermote E., Reagan J.A., Kazlfnzan Y.J., Nnknjima T., Lauemi F., Jankozoink I., Smimov A. AERONET-a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol characterization. Remote Sens. Environ. 1998, 66:1-16.
18. 2.5 using multivariate analysis at the suburban site of North-East India. Atmos. Res. 2010, 98:148-162.
19. Krinner G., Boucher O., Balkanski Y. Ice-free glacial northern Asia due to dust deposition on snow. Clim. Dyn. 2006, 27:613-625.
20. Kompalli S.K., Babu S.S., Moorthy K.K., Gogoi M.M., Nair V.S., Chaubey J.P. The formation and growth of ultrafine particles in two contrasting environments: a case study. Ann. Geophys. 2014, 32:817-830.
21. Lawrence M.G., Lelieveld J. Atmospheric pollutant outflow from southern Asia: a review. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2010, 10:11017-11096.
22. Liu J., Mauzerall D.L., Horowitz L.W. Evaluating inter-continental transport of fine aerosols: (2) global health impact. Atmos. Environ. 2009, 43:4339-4347.
23. Li X., Zou X., Zhu X., Zhang M., Zhu Y., Zhou S., Jin F., Cai M. Observation, Theory and Modeling of Atmospheric Variability: Selected Papers of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology Alumni in Commemoration of Professor Jijia Zhang. World Scientific Series on Meteorology of East Asia 2004, vol. 3. World Scientific Publishing Company, 9789812387042.
24. Li Q., Jiang J.H., Wu D.L., Read W.G., Livesey N.J., Waters J.W., Zhang Y., Wang B., Filipiak M.J., Davis C.P., Turquety S., Wu S., Park R.J., Yantosca R.M., Jacob D.J. Convective outflow of south Asian pollution: a global CTM simulation compared with EOS MLS observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2005, 32:L14826. 10.1029/2005GL022762.
25. Li Z., Chen H., Cribb M., Dickerson R., Holben B., Li C., Lu D., Luo Y., Maring H., Shi G., Tsay S.C., Wang P., Wang Y., Xia X., Zheng Y., Yuan T., Zhao F. Preface to special section on east asian studies of tropospheric aerosols: an international regional experiment (EAST-AIRE). J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112:D22S00. 10.1029/2007JD008853.
26. Morys M., Mims F.M., Anderson S.E. Design, calibration and performance of MICROTOPS II hand-held ozonometer. J. Geophys. Res. 2001, 106(D13):14573-14582.
27. Moorthy K.K., Satheesh S.K., Murthy B.V.K. Investigations of marine aerosols over tropical Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 1997, 102:18 827-18 842.
28. Moorthy K.K., Babu S.S., Satheesh S.K. Aerosol characteristics and radiative impacts over the Arabian sea during the inter monsoon season: results from ARMEX field campaign. J. Atmos. Sci. 2005, 62(1):192-206.
29. Moorthy K.K., Babu S.S., Satheesh S.K. Temporal heterogeneity in aerosol characteristics and the resulting radiative impact at a tropical coastal station-Part 1: microphysical and optical properties. Ann. Geophys. 2007, 25:2293-2308.
30. Moorthy K.K., Satheesh S.K., Babu S.S., Dutt C.B.S. Integrated campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB): an overview. J. Earth Syst. Sci 2008, 117(S1):243-262.
31. Moorthy K.K., Beegum S.N., Babu S.S., Smirnov A., Rachel J.S., Kumar K.R., Narasimhulu K., Dutt C., Nair V.S. Optical and physical characteristics of Bay of Bengal Aerosols during W_ICARB: spatial and vertical heterogeneities in the MABL and in the vertical column. J. Geophys. Res. 2010, 115:D24213. 10.1029/2010JD014094.
32. Moorthy K.K., Sreekanth V., Chaubey J.P., Gogoi M.M., Babu S.S., Kompalli S.K., Bagare S.P., Bhatt B.C., Gaur V.K., Prabhu T.P., Singh N.S. Fine and ultra fine particles at near free-tropospheric environment over the high altitude station Hanle, in trans- Himalayas: new particle formation and size distribution. J. Geophys. Res. 2011, 116:D20212. 10.1029/2011JD016343.
33. Moorthy K.K., Babu S.S., Manoj M.R., Satheesh S.K. Buildup of aerosols over the Indian region. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2013, 40:1011-1014. 10.1029/2012GL054876.
34. Mishra M.K., Rajeev K., Thampi B.V., Parameswaran K., Nair M. Micro pulse lidar observations of mineral dust layer in the lower troposphere over the south-west coast of Peninsular India during the Asian summer monsoon season. J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 2010, 72:1251-1259.
35. Nair V.S., Moorthy K.K., Alappattu D.P., Kunhikrishnan P.K., George S., Nair P.R., Babu S.S., Abish B., Satheesh S.K., Tripathi S.N., Niranjan K., Madhavan B.L., Srikant V., Dutt C.B.S., Badarinath K.V.S., Reddy R.R. Wintertime aerosol characteristics over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP): impacts of local boundary layer processes and long-range transport. J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112:D13205. 10.1029/2006JD008099.
36. Nakajima T., Sekiguchi M., Takemura T., Uno I., Higurashi A., Kim D., Sohn B.J., Oh S.N., Nakajima T.Y., Ohta S., Okada I., Takamura T., Kawamoto K. Significance of direct and indirect radiative forcings of aerosols in the East China Sea region. J. Geophys. Res. 2003, 108(D23):8658. 10.1029/2002JD003261.
37. Nakajima T., Yoon S.C., Ramanathan V., Shi G.Y., Takemura T., Higurashi A., Takamura T., Aoki K., Sohn B.J., Kim S.W., Tsuruta H., Sugimoto N., Shimizu A., Tanimoto H., Sawa Y., Lin N.H., Lee C.T., Goto D., Schutgens N. Overview of the atmospheric brown cloud East Asian regional Experiment 2005 and a study of the aerosol direct radiative forcing in East Asia. J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112:D24S91. 10.1029/2007JD009009.
38. Niranjan K., Madhavan B.L., Sreekanth V. Micro pulse lidar observation of high altitude aerosol layers at Visakhapatnam located on the east coast of India. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2007, 34:L03815. 10.1029/2006GL028199.
39. Pathak B., Kalita G., Bhuyan K., Bhuyan P.K., Moorthy K.K. Aerosol temporal characteristics and the resulting impact on radiative forcing at a location in the northeast India. J. Geophys. Res. 2010, 115:D19204. 10.1029/2009JD013462.
40. Pathak B., Bhuyan P.K., Gogoi M.M., Bhuyan K. Seasonal heterogeneity in aerosol types over Dibrugarh-North-Eastern India. Atmos. Environ. 2012, 47:307-315. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.061.
41. Pathak B., Borgohain A., Bhuyan P.K., Kundu S.S., Sudhakar S., Gogoi M.M., Takemura T. Spatial heterogeneity in near surface aerosol characteristics across the Brahmaputra valley. J. Earth Syst. Sci. June 2014, 123(4):651-663.
42. Podgorny I.A., Ramanathan V. A modeling study of the direct effect of aerosols over the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 2001, 106(D20):24097-24105.
43. Rahul P.R.C., Bhawar R.L., Ayantika D.C., Panicker A.S., Safai P.D., Tharaprabhakaran V., Padmakumari B., Raju M.P. Double blanket effect caused by two layers of black carbon aerosols escalates warming in the Brahmaputra River Valley. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4:1-7. 3670. 10.1038/srep03670.
44. Ramana M.V., Ramanathan V., Podgorny I.A. The direct observations of large aerosol radiative forcing in the Himalayan region. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2004, 31:L05111. 10.1029/2003GL018824.
45. Ricchiazzi P., Yang S., Gautier C., Sowle D. SBDART: a research and teaching software tool for plane-parallel radiative transfer in the earth's atmosphere. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 1998, 79:2101-2114.
46. Satheesh S.K., Moorthy K.K., Babu S.S., Vinoj V., Dutt C.B.S. Climate implications of large warming by elevated aerosol over India. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2008, 35:L19809. 10.1029/2008GL034944.
47. Satheesh S.K., Vinoj V., Moorthy K.K. Radiative effects of aerosols at an urban location in southern India: observations versus model. Atmos. Environ. 2010, 44:5295-5304.
48. Sharma A.R., Kharol S.K., Badarinath K.V.S. Satellite observations of unusual dust event over north-east India and its relation with meteorological conditions. J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys. 2009, 71:2032-2039.
49. Takami A., Miyoshi T., Shimono A., Kaneyasu N., Kato S., Kajii Y., Hatakeyama S. Transport of anthropogenic aerosols from Asia and subsequent chemical transformation. J. Geophys. Res. 2007, 112(D22). 10.1029/2006JD008120.
50. Ward J.H. Hierarchical grouping to optimize an objective function. J. Am. Stat. Assoc. 1963, 58:236-244.
51. Winker D.M., Hunt W.H., McGill M.J. Initial performance assessment of CALIOP. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2007, 34:L19803. 10.1029/2007GL030135.
52. Zarzycki C.M., Bond T.C. How much can the vertical distribution of black carbon affect its global direct radiative forcing?. Geophys. Res. Lett. 2010, 37(20):L20807.