Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS data

Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data based on AVHRR and TOMS was analyzed to find out the changes in the Indian Ocean from 1981 to 2004. Four regions covering Indian Ocean north of 10° S were studied in detail. The results strongly suggest that the mean value of AOD in these regions decrease...

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Main Authors: J. P. George, L. Harenduprakash, M. Mohan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-02-01
Series:Annales Geophysicae
Online Access:https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/7/2008/angeo-26-7-2008.pdf
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description Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data based on AVHRR and TOMS was analyzed to find out the changes in the Indian Ocean from 1981 to 2004. Four regions covering Indian Ocean north of 10° S were studied in detail. The results strongly suggest that the mean value of AOD in these regions decreased from 1986–1990 to 1995–1999. The Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal show increase thereafter whereas in the equatorial part it decreased further, during 2000–2004. The drop in AOD from the first to second period is evident in AVHRR and TOMS in the case of the Arabian Sea (North West Indian Ocean). The decrease in this case is prominent in summer. These results in general agree with the recently reported global decrease in AOD, "global brightening" and also the reversal of trend in some of the anthropogenic emissions.
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spelling doaj.art-004e969ffac746e7942498e2c97af5792022-12-22T01:13:32ZengCopernicus PublicationsAnnales Geophysicae0992-76891432-05762008-02-012671110.5194/angeo-26-7-2008Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS dataJ. P. George0L. Harenduprakash1M. Mohan2National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Institutional Area, A-50, Sector-62, NOIDA-201307, IndiaNational Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Institutional Area, A-50, Sector-62, NOIDA-201307, IndiaDepartment of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, IndiaAerosol Optical Depth (AOD) data based on AVHRR and TOMS was analyzed to find out the changes in the Indian Ocean from 1981 to 2004. Four regions covering Indian Ocean north of 10° S were studied in detail. The results strongly suggest that the mean value of AOD in these regions decreased from 1986–1990 to 1995–1999. The Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal show increase thereafter whereas in the equatorial part it decreased further, during 2000–2004. The drop in AOD from the first to second period is evident in AVHRR and TOMS in the case of the Arabian Sea (North West Indian Ocean). The decrease in this case is prominent in summer. These results in general agree with the recently reported global decrease in AOD, "global brightening" and also the reversal of trend in some of the anthropogenic emissions.https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/7/2008/angeo-26-7-2008.pdf
spellingShingle J. P. George
L. Harenduprakash
M. Mohan
Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS data
Annales Geophysicae
title Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS data
title_full Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS data
title_fullStr Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS data
title_full_unstemmed Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS data
title_short Multi year changes of Aerosol Optical Depth in the monsoon region of the Indian Ocean since 1986 as seen in the AVHRR and TOMS data
title_sort multi year changes of aerosol optical depth in the monsoon region of the indian ocean since 1986 as seen in the avhrr and toms data
url https://www.ann-geophys.net/26/7/2008/angeo-26-7-2008.pdf
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