Moorthy, Krishna K and Satheesh, SK and Babu, Suresh S and Saha, Auromee (2005) Large latitudinal gradients and temporal heterogeneity in aerosol black carbon and its mass mixing ratio over southern and northern oceans observed during a trans-continental cruise experiment. In: Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (14).
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Extensive, and collocated measurements of the mass concentrations (M-B) of aerosol black carbon (BC) and (M-T) of composite aerosols were made over the Arabian Sea, tropical Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean during a trans-continental cruise experiment. Our investigations show that MB remains extremely low(<50 ng m(-3)) and remarkably steady (in space and time) in the Southern Ocean (20 degrees S to 56 degrees S). In contrast, large latitudinal gradients exist north of similar to 20 degrees S; M-B increasing exponentially to reach as high as 2000 ng m(-3) in the Arabian Sea (similar to 8 degrees N). Interestingly, the share of BC showed a distinctly different latitudinal variation, with a peak close to the equator and decreasing on either side. Large fluctuations were seen in M-T over Southern Ocean associated with enhanced production of sea-salt aerosols in response to sea-surface wind speed. These spatio-temporal changes in M-B and its mixing ratio have important implications to regional and global climate.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Geophysical Research Letters |
| Publisher: | American Geophysical Union |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to American Geophysical Union. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Mechanical Sciences > Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2010 10:01 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2019 06:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27565 |
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