New Directions: Correspondence on "How representative are aerosol radiative impact assessments?"

Satheesh, SK and Srinivasan, J and Vinoj, V and Chandran, S (2007) New Directions: Correspondence on "How representative are aerosol radiative impact assessments?". In: Atmospheric Environment, 41 (26). pp. 5536-5539.

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Abstract

Satheesh et al. (2006, hereafter S06) used measurements of surface radiation to quantify changes in irradiance due to aerosols in Bangalore, India. S06 also made model estimates by incorporating aerosol microphysical and optical properties measured simultaneously at the same location into radiation models, using the conventional assumption that aerosols are externally mixed. We found large discrepancies between the model estimates and observed aerosol-induced changes in irradiance at the surface. We showed that observed and modeled aerosol radiative effects only agree if the aerosol is described in the radiative transfer models in the form of internally mixed shell type aerosol.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Atmospheric Environment
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Date Deposited:	04 Nov 2009 10:32
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:00
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/18095

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