Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997
Decadal trends in cloudiness are shown to affect incoming solar radiation (SW SFC) in the Krishna River basin (13-20 N, 72-82 E), southern India, from 1952 to 1997. Annual average cloudiness at 14 meteorological stations across the basin decreased by 0.09% of the sky per year over 1952-1997. The dec...
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| author | Biggs, Trent W. Scott, Christopher A. Rajagopalan, Balaji Turral, Hugh |
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| description | Decadal trends in cloudiness are shown to affect incoming solar radiation (SW SFC) in the Krishna River basin (13-20 N, 72-82 E), southern India, from 1952 to 1997. Annual average cloudiness at 14 meteorological stations across the basin decreased by 0.09% of the sky per year over 1952-1997. The decreased cloudiness partly balanced the effects of aerosols on incoming solar radiation (SW SFC), resulting in a small net increase in SW SFC in monsoon months (0.1-2.9 W m-2 per decade). During the non-monsoon, aerosol forcing dominated over trends in cloud forcing, resulting in a net decrease in SW SFC (-2.8 to -5.5 W m-2 per decade). Monthly satellite easurements from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) covering 1983-1995 were used to screen the visual cloudiness measurements at 26 meteorological stations, which reduced the data set to 14 stations and extended the cloudiness record back to 1952. SW SFC measurements were available at only two stations, so the SW SFC record was extended in time and to the other stations using a combination of the Angstrom and Hargreaves-Supit equations. The Hargreaves-Supit estimates of SW SFC were then corrected for trends in aerosols using the literature values of aerosol forcing over India. Monthly values and trends in satellite measurements of SW SFC from National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) surface radiation budget (SRB) matched the aerosol-corrected Hargreaves-Supit estimates over 1984-1994 (RMSE = 11.9 W m-2, 5.2%). We conclude that meteorological station measurements of cloudiness, quality checked with satellite imagery and calibrated to local measurements of incoming radiation, provide an opportunity to extend radiation measurements in space and time. Reports of decreased cloudiness in other parts of continental Asia suggest that the cloud-aerosol trade-off observed in the Krishna basin may be widespread, particularly during the rainy seasons when changes in clouds have large effects on incoming radiation compared with aerosol forcing. |
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| spelling | CGSpace408132023-06-12T14:38:57Z Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997 Biggs, Trent W. Scott, Christopher A. Rajagopalan, Balaji Turral, Hugh solar radiation aerosols clouds satellite surveys river basins Decadal trends in cloudiness are shown to affect incoming solar radiation (SW SFC) in the Krishna River basin (13-20 N, 72-82 E), southern India, from 1952 to 1997. Annual average cloudiness at 14 meteorological stations across the basin decreased by 0.09% of the sky per year over 1952-1997. The decreased cloudiness partly balanced the effects of aerosols on incoming solar radiation (SW SFC), resulting in a small net increase in SW SFC in monsoon months (0.1-2.9 W m-2 per decade). During the non-monsoon, aerosol forcing dominated over trends in cloud forcing, resulting in a net decrease in SW SFC (-2.8 to -5.5 W m-2 per decade). Monthly satellite easurements from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) covering 1983-1995 were used to screen the visual cloudiness measurements at 26 meteorological stations, which reduced the data set to 14 stations and extended the cloudiness record back to 1952. SW SFC measurements were available at only two stations, so the SW SFC record was extended in time and to the other stations using a combination of the Angstrom and Hargreaves-Supit equations. The Hargreaves-Supit estimates of SW SFC were then corrected for trends in aerosols using the literature values of aerosol forcing over India. Monthly values and trends in satellite measurements of SW SFC from National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) surface radiation budget (SRB) matched the aerosol-corrected Hargreaves-Supit estimates over 1984-1994 (RMSE = 11.9 W m-2, 5.2%). We conclude that meteorological station measurements of cloudiness, quality checked with satellite imagery and calibrated to local measurements of incoming radiation, provide an opportunity to extend radiation measurements in space and time. Reports of decreased cloudiness in other parts of continental Asia suggest that the cloud-aerosol trade-off observed in the Krishna basin may be widespread, particularly during the rainy seasons when changes in clouds have large effects on incoming radiation compared with aerosol forcing. 2007 2014-06-13T14:48:29Z 2014-06-13T14:48:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40813 en Limited Access Biggs, Trent; Scott, Christopher; Rajagopalan, Balaji; Turral, Hugh. 2007. Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997. International Journal of Climatology, 27(11): 1505?1518. |
| spellingShingle | solar radiation aerosols clouds satellite surveys river basins Biggs, Trent W. Scott, Christopher A. Rajagopalan, Balaji Turral, Hugh Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997 |
| title | Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997 |
| title_full | Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997 |
| title_fullStr | Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997 |
| title_short | Trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols, Southern India, 1952-1997 |
| title_sort | trends in solar radiation due to clouds and aerosols southern india 1952 1997 |
| topic | solar radiation aerosols clouds satellite surveys river basins |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/40813 |
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