Plumes of sulfates, smoke particles, and other anthropogenic aerosols blowing over the Indian Ocean were blocking sunlight and promoting cloud formation.
The amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface was reduced by 10%.
^Lelieveld, J.; Crutzen, P. J.; Ramanathan, V.; Andreae, M. O.; Brenninkmeijer, C. M.; Campos, T.; Cass, G. R.; Dickerson, R. R.; Fischer, H.; De Gouw, J. A.; Hansel, A.; Jefferson, A.; Kley, D.; De Laat, A. T.; Lal, S.; Lawrence, M. G.; Lobert, J. M.; Mayol-Bracero, O. L.; Mitra, A. P.; Novakov, T.; Oltmans, S. J.; Prather, K. A.; Reiner, T.; Rodhe, H.; Scheeren, H. A.; Sikka, D.; Williams, J. (2001). "The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia". Science. 291 (5506): 1031–1036. Bibcode:2001Sci...291.1031L. doi:10.1126/science.1057103. PMID 11161214. S2CID 2141541.
indian, ocean, experiment, indoex, 1999, multinational, scientific, study, designed, measure, transport, pollution, from, southeast, asia, into, indian, ocean, project, veerabhadran, ramanathan, findings, editplumes, sulfates, smoke, particles, other, anthropo. The Indian Ocean Experiment INDOEX was a 1999 multinational scientific study designed to measure the transport of air pollution from Southeast Asia into the Indian Ocean 1 The project was led by Veerabhadran Ramanathan Findings editPlumes of sulfates smoke particles and other anthropogenic aerosols blowing over the Indian Ocean were blocking sunlight and promoting cloud formation The amount of sunlight reaching the Earth s surface was reduced by 10 See also editAsian brown cloud Veerabhadran RamanathanReferences edit Lelieveld J Crutzen P J Ramanathan V Andreae M O Brenninkmeijer C M Campos T Cass G R Dickerson R R Fischer H De Gouw J A Hansel A Jefferson A Kley D De Laat A T Lal S Lawrence M G Lobert J M Mayol Bracero O L Mitra A P Novakov T Oltmans S J Prather K A Reiner T Rodhe H Scheeren H A Sikka D Williams J 2001 The Indian Ocean Experiment Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia Science 291 5506 1031 1036 Bibcode 2001Sci 291 1031L doi 10 1126 science 1057103 PMID 11161214 S2CID 2141541 nbsp This article about atmospheric science is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Indian Ocean Experiment amp oldid 1190506047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
