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dc.contributor.authorShantikumar, N. S-
dc.contributor.authorSrivastava, A. K-
dc.contributor.authorBagare, S. P-
dc.contributor.authorSingh, R. B-
dc.contributor.authorKanawade, V. P-
dc.contributor.authorDorjey, N-
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T11:56:53Z-
dc.date.available2020-11-17T11:56:53Z-
dc.date.issued2015-11-
dc.identifier.citationEnvironmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 22, No. 21, pp. 16610-16619en_US
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344-
dc.identifier.urihttp://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/7066-
dc.descriptionRestricted Access © Springer-Verlag The original publication is available at springerlink.com http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-015-4788-9en_US
dc.description.abstractOptical and micro-physical features of aerosol are reported using Skyradiometer (POM-01L, Prede, Japan) observations taken from a high-altitude station Merak, located in north-eastern Ladakh of the western transHimalayas region during January 2011 to December 2013. The observed daily mean aerosol optical depth (AOD, at 500 nm) at the site varied from 0.01 to 0.14. However, 75 % of the observed AOD lies below 0.05 during the study period. Seasonal peaks of AOD occurred in spring as 0.06 and minimum in winter as 0.03 which represents the aged background aerosols at the site. Yearly mean AOD at 500 nm is found to be around 0.04 and inter-annual variations of AOD is very small (nearly ±0.01). Angstrom exponent (α) varied seasonally from 0.73 in spring to 1.5 in autumn. About 30 % of the observed α lies below 0.8 whichare the indicative for the presence of coarse-mode aerosols at the site. The station exhibits absorbing aerosol features which prominently occurred during spring and that may be attributed by the transported anthropogenic aerosol from Indo-Gangatic Plain (IGP). Results were well substantiated with the air mass back-trajectory analysis. Furthermore, seasonal mean of single scattering albedo (SSA at 500 nm) varied from of 0.94 to 0.98 and a general increasing trend is noticed from 400 to 870 nm wavelengths. These features are apparently regional characteristics of the site. Aerosol asymmetry factor (AS) decreases gradually from 400 to 870 nm and varied from 0.66 to 0.69 at 500 nm across the seasons. Dominance of desert-dust aerosols, associated by coarse mode, is indicated by tri-modal features of aerosol volume size distribution over the station during the entire seasons.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectAerosol optical depthen_US
dc.subjectAngstrom exponenten_US
dc.subjectSingle scattering albedoen_US
dc.subjectTrans-Himalayasen_US
dc.titleAssessment of aerosol optical and micro-physical features retrieved from direct and diffuse solar irradiance measurements from Skyradiometer at a high altitude station at Meraken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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