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Tropospheric distribution of sulphate aerosols mass and number concentration during INDOEX-IFP and its transport over the Indian Ocean: a GCM study |
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S. Verma, O. Boucher, M. Shekar Reddy, H. C. Upadhyaya, P. Van, F. S. Binkowski, O. P. Sharma |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 12, no. 14 ; Nr. 12, no. 14 (2012-07-18), S.6185-6196 |
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250011321
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-12-6185-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
The sulphate aerosols mass and number concentration during the Indian Ocean
Experiment (INDOEX) Intensive Field Phase-1999 (INDOEX-IFP) has been
simulated using an interactive chemistry GCM. The model considers an
interactive scheme for feedback from chemistry to meteorology with internally
resolving microphysical properties of aerosols. In particular, the
interactive scheme has the ability to predict both particle mass and number
concentration for the Aitken and accumulation modes as prognostic variables.
On the basis of size distribution retrieved from the observations made along
the cruise route during IFP-1999, the model successfully simulates the order
of magnitude of aerosol number concentration. The results show the southward
migration of minimum concentrations, which follows ITCZ (Inter Tropical
Convergence Zone) migration. Sulphate surface concentration during INDOEX-IFP
at Kaashidhoo (73.46° E, 4.96° N) gives an agreement within a
factor of 2 to 3. The measured aerosol optical depth (AOD) from all aerosol
species at KCO was 0.37 ± 0.11 while the model simulated sulphate AOD
ranged from 0.05 to 0.11. As sulphate constitutes 29% of the observed AOD,
the model predicted values of sulphate AOD are hence fairly close to the
measured values. The model thus has capability to predict the vertically
integrated column sulphate burden. Furthermore, the model results indicate
that
Indian contribution to the estimated
sulphate burden over India is more than 60% with values upto 40% over
the Arabian Sea. |
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