Fog-induced variations in aerosol optical and physical properties over the Indo-Gangetic Basin and impact to aerosol radiative forcing S. K. Das1 , A. Jayaraman2 , and A. Misra1 1 Physical 2 National
Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 380 009, India Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Gadanki, 517112, India
Received: 9 May 2007 – Revised: 4 March 2008 – Accepted: 13 March 2008 – Published: 11 June 2008
Abstract. A detailed study on the changes in aerosol physical and optical properties during fog events were made in December 2004 at Hissar (29.13◦ N, 75.70◦ E), a city located in the Indo-Gangetic basin. The visible aerosol optical depth was relatively low (0.3) during the initial days, which, however, increased (0.86) as the month progressed. The increasing aerosol amount, the decreasing surface temperature and a higher relative humidity condition were found favoring the formation of fog. The fog event is also found to alter the aerosol size distribution. An increase in the number concentration of the nucleation mode (radius
