ANTHROPOGENIC AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING IN THE INDO-GANGETIC BASIN - Advances in Geosciences - page 127

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DELHI HISSAR NAINITAL

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This paper
Independent

Fig. 2. (a) Frequency distribution of AOD 0 . 55 as derived from MODIS over IGB.
Monthly mean ( ± standard deviation) AOD is shown at the top of each panel.
(b) Comparisons of ADRF over few locations in IGB estimated using our model with
the independent estimates.

months because during that period, aerosols are mostly anthropogenic and
the nature of loading is uniform throughout the basin. In the summer
months, dust activities start increasing and add to the anthropogenic
burden, resulting in widening of the histograms and shifting of the peaks to
the larger values. The spatial distribution of monsoon rainfall in the IGB is