Aerosols affect the Earth's energy budget directly by scattering and absorbing radiation and
indirectly by acting as cloud condensation nuclei and, thereby, affecting cloud properties …

Southern Asia, extending from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Indonesia and Papua New
Guinea, is one of the most heavily populated regions of the world. Biofuel and biomass …

The Asian summer monsoon affects more than sixty percent of the world's population;
understanding its controlling factors is becoming increasingly important due to the …

Numerical experiments with the NASA finite-volume general circulation model show that
heating of the atmosphere by dust and black carbon can lead to widespread enhanced …

The Indo‐Gangetic Plain (IGP) encompasses a vast area,(accounting for∼ 21% of the land
area of India), which is densely populated (accommodating∼ 40% of the Indian population) …

The Himalayas have a profound effect on the South Asian climate and the regional
hydrological cycle, as it forms a barrier for the strong monsoon winds and serves as an …

Black carbon (BC) emission from biofuel cooking in South Asia and its radiative forcing is a
significant source of uncertainty for health and climate impact studies. Quantification of BC …

We examine the impact of the Atmospheric Brown Clouds on the direct radiative forcing of
the Himalayan foothills and the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) regions, home for over 500 …

A long-term study, conducted from February 2005 to July 2008, involving chemical
composition and optical properties of ambient aerosols from a high-altitude site (Manora …

The single-scattering albedo (SSA) of atmospheric aerosols is a key parameter that controls
aerosol radiative effects. The variation of SSA is thought to be mainly regulated by aerosol …