Impact of Two Intense Dust Storms on Aerosol Characteristics and Radiative Forcing over Patiala, Northwestern India

Table 1

Values of Aqua-MODIS AOD₅₅₀, MICROTOPS-II AOD₅₀₀, Aura-OMI AI, and Ångström parameters for six days with DE over Patiala, northwestern India during premonsoon season of 2010.

Start Date	Intense Period	End Date	AOD550 (MODIS-Aqua)	AOD500 (MT)	AI (OMI-Aura)	α 380–870	Beta
April 15	April 21	April 24	1.34	1.13	6.30	0.31	0.95
May 12	May 14	May 16	0.59	0.53	2.93	0.59	0.36
May 21	May 23	May 25	0.84	0.84	2.82	0.60	0.57
May 26	May 28	May 31	1.87	1.52	6.74	0.14	1.40
May 31	Jun 01	Jun 03	0.59	0.50	2.65	0.45	0.38
Jun 05	Jun 06	Jun 08	0.77	0.53	2.01	0.23	0.46