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Solar radiometer sensing of multi-year aerosol features over a tropical urban station: direct-Sun and inversion products
Katta Vijayakumar
Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati
517502, India
Panuganti C. S. Devara
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Amity Centre for Ocean-Atmospheric Science and Technology (ACOAST); Amity Centre for Environmental Science and Health (ACESH) & Amity School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (ASEES), Amity University Haryana, Manesar 122413, India
Sunil M. Sonbawne
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune 411008, India
David M. Giles
Science Systems and Applications (SSA), Inc., Lanham, MD 20706,
USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Brent N. Holben
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Sarangam Vijaya Bhaskara Rao
Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati
517502, India
Chalicheemalapalli K. Jayasankar
Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati
517502, India
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Short summary
The direct-Sun and inversion products of urban atmospheric aerosols, obtained from a Cimel Sun–sky radiometer in Pune, India, under the AERONET program since October 2004, have been reported in this paper. The mean seasonal variations in AOD from cloud-free days indicated greater values during the monsoon season, revealing dominance of hygroscopic aerosols over the station. Such results are sparse in India and are important for estimating aerosol radiative forcing and validating climate models.
The direct-Sun and inversion products of urban atmospheric aerosols, obtained from a Cimel...
