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dc.contributor.authorRamaswamy, V.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-07T08:57:28Z
dc.date.available2014-04-07T08:57:28Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationIn"Typhoon impact and crisis management. ed. by: Tang, D.L.; Sui, G.; Lavy, G.; Pozdnyakov, D.; Song, Y.T.; Switzer, A.D." Springer; Heidelberg; Germany; 2014; 149-174.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/4500
dc.description.abstractNinety five tropical cyclonic events (tropical storms, depressions and cyclones) between 2001 and 2010 were studied to determine their impact on dust outbreaks and long-range transport over the northern Indian Ocean and south Asia. In addition to the winter and summer Shamal Winds, tropical cyclones are an important mechanism of dust entrainment and transport of dust in this region. Elevated dust levels were observed in the northern Arabian Sea during most tropical cyclone events. During the study period, fifteen tropical cyclones migrated close to the dust source areas leading to major dust storms. Anti-clockwise winds associated with these storms were observed to entrain dust and transport it mostly towards the west or south-westerly direction. Tropical cyclones and storms, located further away from dust source areas, significantly alter the dispersal pathways of dust plumes raised by other mechanisms. The Northern Bay of Bengal cyclone events are shown to aid advection of dust plumes from southwest Asia and Thar Desert over highly populated regions of the Indian Subcontinent. Tropical cyclones also play an important role in dispersal of fine-mode aerosols over South Asia and formation of complex aerosol-dust mixtures
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsDOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40695-9_7, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
dc.subjectTropical cyclones
dc.subjectDust storms
dc.titleInfluence of tropical storms in the Northern Indian Ocean on dust entrainment and long-range transport.
dc.typeBook Chapter


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