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Article Dans Une Revue Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions Année : 2005

Tropospheric distribution of sulphate aerosol mass and number concentration during INDOEX-IFP and its transport over the Indian Ocean: a GCM study

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An interactive sulphate aerosol chemistry module has been incorporated in the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique General Circulation Model (LMD-GCM) to simulate the sulphur chemistry during the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) Intensive Field Phase-1999 (INDOEX-IFP). The originality of this module is its ability to predict particle mass and number concentration for the Aitken and accumulation modes. The model qualitatively reproduces the spatial patterns of observations on sulphate aerosol during INDOEX. On the basis of size distribution retrieved from the observations made along the cruise route during 1998 and 1999, the model successfully simulates the order of magnitude and the general north-south gradient in aerosol number concentration. The result shows the southward migration of minimum concentrations, which follows ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone) migration. Sulphate surface concentration during INDOEX-IFP at Kaashidhoo (73.46° E, 4.96° N) gives an agreement within a factor of 2 to 3. Predicted sulphate aerosol optical depth (AOD) matches reasonably with measured values, indicating the capability of this model to predict the vertically integrated column sulphate burden. The Indian contribution to estimated sulphate burden over India is more than 60% with values upto 40% over the Arabian Sea.
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hal-00327806 , version 1 (18-06-2008)

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S. Verma, O. Boucher, M. S. Reddy, S. K. Deb, H. C. Upadhyaya, et al.. Tropospheric distribution of sulphate aerosol mass and number concentration during INDOEX-IFP and its transport over the Indian Ocean: a GCM study. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 2005, 5 (1), pp.395-436. ⟨hal-00327806⟩
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