Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

To Reveal the Aerosol Vertical Profiles in Terms of Aerosol Number Density

Dr. Pratibha Bhagavanrao Mane

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Aerosol measurements have been carried out at Kolhapur (16°42′N, 74°14′E) by using newly designed Semiautomatic Twilight Photometer. It is observed that, the AND over Kolhapur in volcanically quiescent period declines from 185 particles per cm3  (~6 Km) to about 1 particle per cm3  (~44 Km). The aerosol layer peak occurs at ~20 Km (5 particles per cm3 ). Mesospheric AND decreases from ~700 particles per dm3 (~50 Km) to ~ 225 particles per dm3 (~85 Km). Thermospheric AND vary from 225 particles per dm3  (~85 Km) to ~105 particles per dm3 (~250 Km). After ~ 250km, many deviations noticed up to 350km in between 100–120 particles per dm3 . The main aim of this study is to demonstrate the measurement capabilities offered by semiautomatic twilight photometer and it is the first attempt in India made by the author to estimate mesospheric and thermospheric aerosol number density per cubic decimeter (AND/ dm3 ).

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Dr. Pratibha Bhagavanrao Mane To Reveal the Aerosol Vertical Profiles in Terms of Aerosol Number Density Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.XII Dec 2013

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