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3D assimilation and radiative impact assessment of aerosol black carbon over the Indian region using aircraft, balloon, ground-based, and multi-satellite observations
Nair Krishnan Kala
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru, India
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
Narayana Sarma Anand
School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Mohanan R. Manoj
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
Srinivasan Prasanth
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
Harshavardhana S. Pathak
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
Thara Prabhakaran
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth
Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Pramod D. Safai
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth
Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Krishnaswamy K. Moorthy
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
Sreedharan K. Satheesh
Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru, India
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, India
DST-Centre of Excellence in Climate Change, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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We present a 3D data set of aerosol black carbon over the Indian mainland by assimilating data from surface, aircraft, and balloon measurements, along with multi-satellite observations. Radiative transfer computations using height-resolved aerosol absorption show higher warming in the free troposphere and will have large implications for atmospheric stability. This data set will help reduce the uncertainty in aerosol radiative effects in climate model simulations over the Indian region.
We present a 3D data set of aerosol black carbon over the Indian mainland by assimilating data...
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