Objectives/Vision of the ATRF Branch
- Development of a primary aerosol database over the Indian subcontinent and adjoining oceans by establishing and operating a network of aerosol observatories and conducting thematic field campaigns
- Estimation of regional aerosol radiative forcing using ARFINET database
- Assimilation of ARFINET database with regional climate models for the assessment of potential climate impacts
- Quantification of the climate implications of the elevated atmospheric warming by absorbing aerosols
- Implications of a long-term trend in aerosol loading on regional climate over the Indian region
- Assessment of the effect of absorbing aerosols through aerosol-cryosphere-atmosphere interactions
- Investigations on Aerosol-Cloud interaction and indirect radiative forcing of aerosols
- To understand the processes of new particle formation in different environments
- Development of satellite payloads for accurate estimation of aerosol properties from space