Interactions between aerosols and the South West Asian monsoon
Interactions between aerosols and the South West Asian monsoon
Editor(s): M. K. Dubey, D. Spracklen, A. Sorooshian, J. Srinivasan, and B. V. Krishna Murthy
This special issue will include papers that guide the path forward in making reliable predictions of aerosol effects on the heat budget of the South East Asian subcontinent by improving our knowledge of aerosol processes and their influence on the Indian monsoon. Several recent major studies have aimed to provide a detailed determination of aerosol physical and chemical properties across India prior to and during the Indian monsoon, and results from these studies will be welcomed. Most recently the South West Asian Monsoon Interactions project used a combination of UK and Indian research aircraft and a network of ground-based measurement sites. The analysis of data will enable assessment of aerosol composition and mixing state, provide source characterization, and help quantify aerosol optical properties such as extinction, absorption, and single scattering albedo that drive regional climate. Results that use this detailed characterization to test representations of aerosol properties in regional and global climate models will be included. The special issue will report on evaluations of and improvements in model representations of aerosol properties with data over India.

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03 Dec 2021
Is the Atlantic Ocean driving the recent variability in South Asian dust?
Priyanka Banerjee, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, and Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 17665–17685, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17665-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17665-2021, 2021
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16 Jun 2021
Mixing state of refractory black carbon aerosol in the South Asian outflow over the northern Indian Ocean during winter
Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Mukunda Madhab Gogoi, Vijayakumar S. Nair, Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Dantong Liu, Michael J. Flynn, and Hugh Coe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 9173–9199, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9173-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9173-2021, 2021
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14 Jun 2021
Measurement report: Altitudinal variation of cloud condensation nuclei activation across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to monsoon onset and during peak monsoon periods: results from the SWAAMI field campaign
Mohanan R. Manoj, Sreedharan K. Satheesh, Krishnaswamy K. Moorthy, Jamie Trembath, and Hugh Coe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 8979–8997, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8979-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8979-2021, 2021
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23 Nov 2020
Assessment of regional aerosol radiative effects under the SWAAMI campaign – Part 2: Clear-sky direct shortwave radiative forcing using multi-year assimilated data over the Indian subcontinent
Harshavardhana Sunil Pathak, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, and Ravi Shankar Nanjundiah
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 14237–14252, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14237-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-14237-2020, 2020
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22 Jul 2020
Airborne in situ measurements of aerosol size distributions and black carbon across the Indo-Gangetic Plain during SWAAMI–RAWEX
Mukunda Madhab Gogoi, Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Aditya Vaishya, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, and Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 8593–8610, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8593-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8593-2020, 2020
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25 Jun 2020
Cloud condensation nuclei characteristics during the Indian summer monsoon over a rain-shadow region
Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Mercy Varghese, Palani Murugavel, Kiran S. Todekar, Shivdas P. Bankar, Neelam Malap, Gurnule Dinesh, Pramod D. Safai, Jaya Rao, Mahen Konwar, Shivsai Dixit, and Thara V. Prabha
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 7307–7334, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7307-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-7307-2020, 2020
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10 Jun 2020
Asian summer monsoon anticyclone: trends and variability
Ghouse Basha, M. Venkat Ratnam, and Pangaluru Kishore
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 6789–6801, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-6789-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-6789-2020, 2020
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02 Apr 2020
Seasonal contrast in size distributions and mixing state of black carbon and its association with PM1.0 chemical composition from the eastern coast of India
Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, Trupti Das, Ramasamy Boopathy, Dantong Liu, Eoghan Darbyshire, James D. Allan, James Brooks, Michael J. Flynn, and Hugh Coe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 3965–3985, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3965-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3965-2020, 2020
02 Apr 2020
Vertical profiles of submicron aerosol single scattering albedo over the Indian region immediately before monsoon onset and during its development: research from the SWAAMI field campaign
Mohanan R. Manoj, Sreedharan K. Satheesh, Krishnaswamy K. Moorthy, and Hugh Coe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 4031–4046, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4031-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-4031-2020, 2020
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16 Mar 2020
Cloud condensation nuclei properties of South Asian outflow over the northern Indian Ocean during winter
Vijayakumar S. Nair, Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, Mukunda M. Gogoi, and S. Suresh Babu
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 3135–3149, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3135-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-3135-2020, 2020
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17 Jan 2020
Altitude profiles of cloud condensation nuclei characteristics across the Indo-Gangetic Plain prior to the onset of the Indian summer monsoon
Venugopalan Nair Jayachandran, Surendran Nair Suresh Babu, Aditya Vaishya, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Vijayakumar S. Nair, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, and Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 561–576, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-561-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-561-2020, 2020
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23 Oct 2019
Black carbon physical and optical properties across northern India during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons
James Brooks, Dantong Liu, James D. Allan, Paul I. Williams, Jim Haywood, Ellie J. Highwood, Sobhan K. Kompalli, S. Suresh Babu, Sreedharan K. Satheesh, Andrew G. Turner, and Hugh Coe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13079–13096, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13079-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13079-2019, 2019
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07 Oct 2019
Growth in mid-monsoon dry phases over the Indian region: prevailing influence of anthropogenic aerosols
Rohit Chakraborty, Bijay Kumar Guha, Shamitaksha Talukdar, Madineni Venkat Ratnam, and Animesh Maitra
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 12325–12341, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12325-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12325-2019, 2019
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26 Sep 2019
Quantifying snow darkening and atmospheric radiative effects of black carbon and dust on the South Asian monsoon and hydrological cycle: experiments using variable-resolution CESM
Stefan Rahimi, Xiaohong Liu, Chenglai Wu, William K. Lau, Hunter Brown, Mingxuan Wu, and Yun Qian
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 12025–12049, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12025-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-12025-2019, 2019
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24 Sep 2019
Assessment of regional aerosol radiative effects under the SWAAMI campaign – Part 1: Quality-enhanced estimation of columnar aerosol extinction and absorption over the Indian subcontinent
Harshavardhana Sunil Pathak, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Ravi Shankar Nanjundiah, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, Sivaramakrishnan Lakshmivarahan, and Surendran Nair Suresh Babu
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 11865–11886, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11865-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-11865-2019, 2019
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15 Aug 2019
Variability in vertical structure of precipitation with sea surface temperature over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal as inferred by Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission precipitation radar measurements
Kadiri Saikranthi, Basivi Radhakrishna, Thota Narayana Rao, and Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 10423–10432, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10423-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-10423-2019, 2019
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25 Jun 2019
Simulations of black carbon over the Indian region: improvements and implications of diurnality in emissions
Gaurav Govardhan, Sreedharan Krishnakumari Satheesh, Krishnaswamy Krishna Moorthy, and Ravi Nanjundiah
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 8229–8241, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8229-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-8229-2019, 2019
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30 Apr 2019
Vertical and horizontal distribution of submicron aerosol chemical composition and physical characteristics across northern India during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons
James Brooks, James D. Allan, Paul I. Williams, Dantong Liu, Cathryn Fox, Jim Haywood, Justin M. Langridge, Ellie J. Highwood, Sobhan K. Kompalli, Debbie O'Sullivan, Suresh S. Babu, Sreedharan K. Satheesh, Andrew G. Turner, and Hugh Coe
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 5615–5634, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5615-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-5615-2019, 2019
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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
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 17669–17685, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17669-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-17669-2018, 2018
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