Two contrasting dust‐dominant periods over India observed from MODIS and CALIPSO data

R Gautam, Z Liu, RP Singh… - Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Each year, prior to the onset of the Indian Summer Monsoon, the Gangetic Plains (GP),
bounded by the high‐altitude Himalayan mountains, are strongly influenced by the transport …

The role of the Intertropical discontinuity region and the heat low in dust emission and transport over the Thar Desert, India: A Premonsoon case study

UC Dumka, DG Kaskaoutis, D Francis… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A severe dust storm occurred over north India during 12–16 June 2018 is analyzed using
satellite observations, reanalysis, ground‐based measurements, and model (Meso‐NH) …

Declining pre-monsoon dust loading over South Asia: Signature of a changing regional climate

SK Pandey, V Vinoj, K Landu, SS Babu - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
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) …

Changes in aerosol parameters during major dust storm events (2001–2005) over the Indo‐Gangetic Plains using AERONET and MODIS data

AK Prasad, RP Singh - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The Indo‐Gangetic (IG) plains is one of the largest and most densely populated regions in
the world. Recent studies over the IG plains using multi‐year (2000–2004) satellite …

Vertical structure of aerosols and mineral dust over the Bay of Bengal from multisatellite observations

NB Lakshmi, VS Nair… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The vertical distribution of aerosol and dust extinction coefficient over the Bay of Bengal is
examined using the satellite observations (Cloud Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization …

Satellite observations of desert dust‐induced Himalayan snow darkening

R Gautam, NC Hsu, WKM Lau… - Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The optically thick aerosol layer along the southern edge of the Himalaya has been subject
of several recent investigations relating to its radiative impacts on the South Asian summer …

The greening of Northwest Indian subcontinent and reduction of dust abundance resulting from Indian summer monsoon revival

Q Jin, C Wang - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The trends of both rainfall and circulation strength of the Indian summer monsoon has been
reviving since 2002. Here, using observational data, we demonstrate a statistically …

[HTML][HTML] Climatology of dust distribution over West Asia from homogenized remote sensing data

SO Nabavi, L Haimberger, C Samimi - Aeolian Research, 2016 - Elsevier
In the past decade, West Asia has witnessed more frequent and intensified dust storms
affecting Iran and Persian Gulf countries. Employing a varying threshold that takes into …

Positive response of Indian summer rainfall to Middle East dust

Q Jin, J Wei, ZL Yang - Geophysical Research Letters, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Using observational and reanalyses data, we investigated the impact of dust aerosols over
the Middle East and the Arabian Sea (AS) on the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) rainfall …

Dust events and their influence on aerosol optical properties over Jaipur in Northwestern India

S Verma, S Payra, R Gautam, D Prakash… - Environmental …, 2013 - Springer
In this study, we systematically document the link between dust episodes and local scale
regional aerosol optical properties over Jaipur located in the vicinity of Thar Desert in the …