Abstract
Aerosol effects are significant in processes related to the local, regional and global analysis of air pollution. Large‐scale biomass burning and forest fire events produce smoke plumes that transport smoke thousands of kilometers causing air quality and health related problems. Satellite observations provide efficient means to determine aerosol physical properties on the temporal and spatial scales needed to understand and monitor their effects on the earth‐atmosphere system. In the present study Earth Probe/Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (EPTOMS) data and ground‐based observations were used to study the aerosol index and single scattering albedo variation. Monthly variations in AI suggest that the concentration of UV‐absorbing aerosols gradually increases from January to May coinciding with the biomass burning activities in the region. Day average fraction of black carbon (BC) to total aerosol mass concentration is observed to be 7‐10%. The trends in satellite‐derived single scattering albedo correlate well with ground measured values.
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