Large contrast in the vertical distribution of aerosol optical properties and radiative effects across the Indo-Gangetic Plain during the SWAAMI–RAWEX campaign

Vaishya, Aditya; Babu, Surendran Nair Suresh; Jayachandran, Venugopalan; Gogoi, Mukunda M.; Lakshmi, Naduparambil Bharathan; Moorthy, Krishnaswamy Krishna; Satheesh, Sreedharan Krishnakumari

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17669-2018

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13 Dec 2018

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| 13 Dec 2018

Large contrast in the vertical distribution of aerosol optical properties and radiative effects across the Indo-Gangetic Plain during the SWAAMI–RAWEX campaign

Aditya Vaishya, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Venugopalan Jayachandran, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Naduparambil Bharathan Lakshmi, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, and Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh

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RC1: 'Review of the paper “Large contrast in the vertical distribution of aerosol optical properties and radiative effects across the Indo-Gangetic Plain during SWAAMI-RAWEX campaign” by Vaishya et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Aug 2018
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Aircraft-based measurements of vertical profiles of aerosol properties, across the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), prior to onset of the Indian summer monsoon reveal a highly absorbing aerosol system over the IGP. Aerosols over the west IGP are mostly natural, larger in size and scatter light efficiently. Those over the central and eastern IGP are mostly anthropogenic in origin, smaller in size and absorb more light. Elevated absorbing aerosol layers may modulate regional precipitation patterns.