the present research article highlights the metal (cd, cu, pb, zn and fe)distribution pattern in the rspm generated in different hot spot sites located at kochi, thequeen of arabian sea. these sampling sites are categorized under three different zonesas estuarine, riverine, and coastal. two sampling phases are selected in order to check theconsistency in pollution trend after a two year gap and...

Atmospheric aerosol, as particulate matter suspended in the air, exists in a variety of forms such as dust, fume and mist. It deeply affects climate and land surface environment in both regional and global scales, and furthermore, lead to be hugely much influence on human health. For the sake of effectively monitoring it, many atmospheric aerosol observation networks are set up and provide asso...

A state-of-the-art chamber facility is described for investigation of atmospheric aerosol chemistry. Dual 28 m3 FEP Teflon film chambers are used to simulate atmospheric conditions in which aerosol formation may occur. This facility provides the flexibility to investigate dark, single oxidant reactions as well as full photochemical simulations. This paper discusses the environmental control imp...

The present research article highlights the metal (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and Fe)distribution pattern in the RSPM generated in different hot spot sites located at Kochi, theQueen of Arabian Sea. These sampling sites are categorized under three different zonesas estuarine, riverine, and coastal. Two sampling phases are selected in order to check theconsistency in pollution trend after a two year gap and...

Physically-based atmospheric correction of optical Earth Observation satellite data is used to accurately derive surface biogeophysical parameters free from the atmospheric influence. While water vapor or surface pressure can be univocally characterized, the compensation of aerosol radiometric effects relies on assumptions and parametric approximations of their properties. To determine the vali...

The characterisation of pollution aerosol in a changing photochemical environment M. J. Cubison, M. R. Alfarra, J. Allan, K. N. Bower, H. Coe, G. B. McFiggans, J. D. Whitehead, P. I. Williams, Q. Zhang, J. L. Jimenez, J. Hopkins, and J. Lee School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Cooperative Institu...

Here we describe a technique to exploit the differential atmospheric paths sampled by ATSR-2 imagery to separate the contributions from atmospheric aerosol and land surface scattering, for the solar reflective channels. The result is an image of the land surface reflectance, relatively uncontaminated by atmospheric scattering, and a separate image of the atmospheric aerosol loading. A general m...

Evaluation of the forcing of climate by aerosol scattering of shortwave radiation in cloud-free conditions (direct aerosol forcing) requires knowledge of aerosol optical properties on relevant spatial and temporal scales. It is convenient to measure these properties at the surface. However, before these measurements can be used to quantitatively estimate direct climate forcing, it is necessary ...

We examine the impact of atmospheric correction, specifically aerosol model selection, on retrieval of bio-optical properties from satellite ocean color imagery. Uncertainties in retrievals of bio-optical properties (such as chlorophyll, absorption, and backscattering coefficients) from satellite ocean color imagery are related to a variety of factors, including errors associated with sensor ca...

Multi AXis Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) observations of the oxygen dimer O4 are presented which can serve as a new method for the determination of atmospheric aerosol properties. Like established methods e.g. sun radiometer and LIDAR measurements MAX-DOAS O4 observations determine optical properties of aerosol under atmospheric conditions (not dried). However, the nov...