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

Table 2

Daily mean values of MT and MODIS AOD, OMI-AI, α _380–870, β, direct solar flux, and diffuse solar flux at Patiala during dusty, predusty and postdusty days in the premonsoon season of 2010.

Date	AOD500	AOD550 (Aqua-MODIS)	UV-AI (OMI-Aura)	α 380–870	Beta (β)	Direct Solar Flux (W m^−2)	Diffuse Solar Flux (W m^−2)
15-April-10	0.37	0.29	—	0.50	0.26	384.40	172.43
16-April-10	0.76	0.64	2.66	0.27	0.63	250.00	252.99
17-April-10	—	0.602	—	—	—	264.74	239.10
18-April-10	—	—	—	—	—	120.08	288.67
19-April-10	1.01	—	1.55	—	—	114.10	300.21
20-April-10	0.96	0.683	—	0.27	0.80	220.70	256.41
21-April-10	1.13	1.34	6.30	0.31	0.95	44.87	316.66
22-April-10	—	0.85	—	—	—	166.23	294.65
23-April-10	0.51	0.42	—	0.25	0.43	359.40	185.04
24-April-10	0.36	0.47	—	0.61	0.25	302.77	203.63
12-May-10	0.303	0.39	2.27	0.78	0.18	367.65	224.00
13-May-10	0.40	0.48	2.75	0.69	0.27	268.65	223.80
14-May-10	0.53	0.59	2.93	0.59	0.36	340.27	214.68
15-May-10	0.50	0.42	—	0.6	0.39	373.21	194.44
16-May-10	—	0.51	2.61	—	—	312.89	178.17
21-May-10	0.29	0.37	1.72	0.87	0.16	468.25	128.96
22-May-10	0.54	0.36	—	0.86	0.37	363.09	173.80
23-May-10	0.84	0.84	2.83	0.60	0.57	286.90	233.13
24-May-10	0.64	0.49	—	0.50	0.46	329.96	213.49
25-May-10	0.43	0.41	—	0.48	0.31	400.19	174.40
26-May-10	0.47	0.38	—	0.54	0.33	371.82	165.27
27-May-10	0.76	0.64	—	0.31	0.62	283.13	231.74
28-May-10	1.52	1.87	6.74	0.14	1.40	126.98	287.5
29-May-10	0.90	0.74	3.86	0.12	0.84	268.45	270.83
30-May-10	—	0.54	2.12	—	—	372.22	200.29
31-May-10	0.37	0.29	—	0.49	0.27	444.64	152.97
01-Jun-10	0.50	0.59	2.65	0.45	0.38	362.50	202.97
02-Jun-10	—	1.16	—	—	—	—	—
03-Jun-10	0.48	0.89	0.97	0.83	0.26	197.61	286.50
05-Jun-10	—	—	1.68	—	—	—	—
06-Jun-10	0.53	0.77	1.98	0.23	0.46	188.29	324.00
07-Jun-10	0.38	—	—	0.35	0.58	—	—
08-Jun-10	—	0.52	—	—	—	—	—