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Articles | Volume 25, issue 15
Articles | Volume 25, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8769-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-8769-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 15
Research article
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12 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 12 Aug 2025

Regional transport of aerosols from northern India and its impact on boundary layer height and air quality over Chennai, a coastal megacity in southern India

Saleem Ali, Chandan Sarangi, and Sanjay Kumar Mehta

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The pollutants over northern India are transported towards southern India under the influence of the prevalent wind system, especially during the winter season. This long-range transport induces widespread haziness over southern India, lasting for days. We evaluated the occurrence of such transport episodes over southern India using observational methods and found that it suppresses the boundary layer height by approximately 40 % compared to clear days, while exacerbating the surface pollution by approximately 50 %–60 %.
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