Chemical characterization of aerosols in the South Asian outflow over the northern Indian Ocean: latitudinal gradients and ultrafine particle events
Vijayakumar S. Nair, S. Suresh Babu, Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, V. Jayachandran, T. C. Ajith, Mukunda M. Gogoi
Abstract
Changes in the chemical properties of aerosols in the South Asian outflow to the northern Indian Ocean during winter are examined. The mass loading of organic aerosols increase during ultrafine particle events and decrease rapidly with distance from the coast.
Topics & Concepts
OutflowIndian oceanAerosolParticle (ecology)OceanographyEnvironmental scienceUltrafine particleAtmospheric sciencesGeologyGeographyMeteorologyMaterials scienceNanotechnologyAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateAtmospheric aerosols and clouds