Winter to summer monsoon variation of aerosol optical depth over the tropical Indian Ocean

F Li, V Ramanathan - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The northern Indian Ocean undergoes a major transition from anthropogenic aerosols
during the northeasterly winter monsoon season to mineral dust and sea salt during the …

Saharan dust absorption and refractive index from aircraft-based observations during SAMUM 2006

A Petzold, K Rasp, B Weinzierl… - Tellus B: Chemical …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
During the Saharan Mineral Dust Experiment (SAMUM) conducted in summer 2006 in
southeast Morocco, the complex refractive index of desert dust was determined from …

Observations of Saharan dust microphysical and optical properties from the Eastern Atlantic during NAMMA airborne field campaign

G Chen, LD Ziemba, DA Chu… - Atmospheric …, 2011 - acp.copernicus.org
As part of the international project entitled" African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
(AMMA)", NAMMA (NASA AMMA) aimed to gain a better understanding of the relationship …

Optical properties of Saharan dust aerosol and contribution from the coarse mode as measured during the Fennec 2011 aircraft campaign

CL Ryder, EJ Highwood, PD Rosenberg… - Atmospheric …, 2013 - acp.copernicus.org
New in-situ aircraft measurements of Saharan dust originating from Mali, Mauritania and
Algeria taken during the Fennec 2011 aircraft campaign over a remote part of the Sahara …

Aerosol optical properties measured on board the Ronald H. Brown during ACE‐Asia as a function of aerosol chemical composition and source region

PK Quinn, DJ Coffman, TS Bates… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
During the Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE‐Asia)
intensive field campaign conducted in the spring of 2001, aerosol properties were measured …

Aerosol optical depth, physical properties and radiative forcing over the Arabian Sea

SK Satheesh, K Krishna Moorthy, YJ Kaufman… - Meteorology and …, 2006 - Springer
Summary The Arabian Sea region (4° N–20° N to 50° E–78° E) has a unique weather
pattern on account of the Indian monsoon and the associated winds that reverse direction …

Aerosols over Delhi during pre‐monsoon months: Characteristics and effects on surface radiation forcing

S Singh, S Nath, R Kohli, R Singh - Geophysical Research …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The surface fluxes in the wavelength range 280–2800 nm were measured during the pre‐
monsoon period, April–June 2003 along with the spectral distribution of aerosol optical …

Using aircraft measurements to determine the refractive index of Saharan dust during the DODO Experiments

CL McConnell, P Formenti, EJ Highwood… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
Much uncertainty in the value of the imaginary part of the refractive index of mineral dust
contributes to uncertainty in the radiative effect of mineral dust in the atmosphere. A …

Synergistic analyses of optical and microphysical properties of agricultural crop residue burning aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB)

AK Mishra, T Shibata - Atmospheric Environment, 2012 - Elsevier
Agriculture crop residue burning is one of the important sources of trace gas emissions and
aerosol loading over the Indo-Gangetic Basin (IGB). The present study deals with the spatial …