Aerosol optical depth variability over Arabian Sea during drought and normal years of Indian monsoon

Details Aerosol optical depth variability over Arabian Sea during drought and normal years of Indian monsoon Aerosol optical depth variability over Arabian Sea during drought and normal years of Indian monsoon

Nov 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3522812r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 22, CiteID L22812

Physics

4

Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801, 4906), Biogeosciences: Remote Sensing, Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Atmospheres (0343, 1060), Planetary Sciences: Fluid Planets: Meteorology (3346), Geographic Location: Indian Ocean

Scientific paper

We investigated MODIS (MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) derived Aerosol Optical Depth AOD (at 550 nm) and its variability in the mid monsoon month of July, over the Arabian Sea (45°E-75°E 10°N-27°N), for the years 2001-2004, encompassing 2 normal (2001, 2003) and 2 drought years (2002 and 2004). Over the Arabian Sea, positive AOD anomalies (+0.2 to +0.7) during the normal years and negative AOD anomalies (-0.2 to -0.6) during drought years were observed. Variability in the concurrent Outgoing Long wave Radiation (OLR) anomalies from NCEP/NCAR reanalysis, rainfall anomalies from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and NCEP surface winds had been used to examine the observed AOD variability. It is found that the wind direction was responsible for the negative/positive AOD anomalies corroborating to the negative/positive rainfall anomalies and positive/negative OLR anomalies during the drought years and vise a versa for the normal years.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Aerosol optical depth variability over Arabian Sea during drought and normal years of Indian monsoon does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Aerosol optical depth variability over Arabian Sea during drought and normal years of Indian monsoon, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Aerosol optical depth variability over Arabian Sea during drought and normal years of Indian monsoon will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-747558