| DOI: | 10.1007/s00382-017-3851-2
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| Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-85027351421
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| 论文题名: | Relationship between aerosol and lightning over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India |
| 作者: | Lal D.M.; Ghude S.D.; Mahakur M.; Waghmare R.T.; Tiwari S.; Srivastava M.K.; Meena G.S.; Chate D.M.
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| 刊名: | Climate Dynamics
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| ISSN: | 9307575
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| 出版年: | 2018
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| 卷: | 50, 期:2018-09-10 | | 起始页码: | 3865
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| 结束页码: | 3884
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| 语种: | 英语
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| Scopus关键词: | aerosol
; cloud droplet
; cloud to ground lightning
; convective cloud
; lightning
; MODIS
; optical depth
; rainfall
; TRMM
; Bay of Bengal
; Gangetic Plain
; India
; Indian Ocean
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| 英文摘要: | The relationship between aerosol and lightning over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India has been evaluated by utilising aerosol optical depth (AOD), cloud droplet effective radius and cloud fraction from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer. Lightning flashes have been observed by the lightning Imaging sensor on the board of Tropical Rainfall and Measuring Mission and humidity from modern-era retrospective-analysis for research and applications for the period of 2001–2012. In this study, the role of aerosol in lightning generation over the north-west sector of IGP has been revealed. It is found that lightning activity increases (decreases) with increasing aerosols during normal (deficient) monsoon rainfall years. However, lightning increases with increasing aerosol during deficient rainfall years when the average value of AOD is less than 0.88. We have found that during deficient rainfall years the moisture content of the atmosphere and cloud fraction is smaller than that during the years with normal or excess monsoon rainfall over the north-west IGP. Over the north-east Bay of Bengal and its adjoining region the variations of moisture and cloud fraction between the deficient and normal rainfall years are minimal. We have found that the occurrence of the lightning over this region is primarily due to its topography and localised circulation. The warm-dry air approaching from north-west converges with moist air emanating from the Bay of Bengal causing instability that creates an environment for deep convective cloud and lightning. The relationship between lightning and aerosol is stronger over the north-west sector of IGP than the north-east, whereas it is moderate over the central IGP. We conclude that aerosol is playing a major role in lightning activity over the north-west sector of IGP, but, local meteorological conditions such as convergences of dry and moist air is the principal cause of lightning over the north-east sector of IGP. In addition, atmospheric humidity also plays an important role in regulating the effect of aerosol on the microphysical properties of clouds over IGP region. © 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/109316
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| Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: | Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India; Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Lal D.M.,Ghude S.D.,Mahakur M.,et al. Relationship between aerosol and lightning over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India[J]. Climate Dynamics,2018-01-01,50(2018-09-10)
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