Satheesh, SK and Srinivasan, J and Moorthy, KK (2006) Contribution of sea-salt to aerosol optical depth over the Arabian Sea derived from MODIS observations. In: Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (3). pp. 1-4.
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Making use of aerosol optical depths (AOD) derived from MODIS (onboard TERRA satellite) and winds from NCEP, and the fact that sea-salt optical depth over ocean is determined primarily by sea-surface wind speed, we examine the contribution of sea-salt to the composite aerosol optical depth ( AOD) over Arabian Sea ( AS), by developing empirical models for characterizing wind-speed dependence of sea-salt optical depth. We show that at high wind speeds, sea-salt contributes 81% to the coarse mode and 42% to the composite AOD in the southern AS. In contrast to this, over the northern AS, share of sea-salt to coarse mode and composite optical depth is only 35% and 16% respectively. Comparison of the sea-salt optical depth and coarse mode optical depth ( MODIS) showed excellent agreement. The sea-salt optical depth over AS at moderate to high wind speed is comparable to the anthropogenic AOD reported for this region during winter.
| 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: | 16 Sep 2010 09:48 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Sep 2010 09:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/31817 |
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