ARFI META DATA

Instrumentation and Parameters

  • Multi-wavelength Radiometer (MWR): Spectral Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) at multiple wavelengths
  • Aethalometer (2 and 7 channel): BC mass concentration.
  • Microtop Sunphotometer: Spectral AOD (AOD_MTP)
  • Net Radiation Sensor: Downwelling/ upwelling solar and terrestrial radiation
  • Polar Nephelometer: Angular distribution of scattering coefficient
  • Integrating Nephelometer: Scattering Coefficient
  • Optical Particle Counter: Aerosol size distribution
  • Quartz Crystal Microbalance Impactor: Total and size segregated Mass concentrations
  • Aerodynamic Particle Sizer: Aerosol size distribution
  • Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer: Aerosol size distribution
  • Multi-Angle Absorption Photometer: BC mass concentrations
  • Photo-Acoustic Soot Spectrometer: Absorption Coeffieicnt/li>
  • OC-EC Analyzer: Organic/Elemental carbon concentrations
  • Single Particle Soot Photometer: Mixing state of BC
  • Electrostatic Low Pressure Impactor: Aerosol size distribution
  • Micro-pulse LIDAR: Extinction coefficient
  • Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter: CCN number density
  • Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor: Online chemistry
  • Spectro-radiometer: Spectral power distribution of illuminance
  • High Volume Samplers: Mass concentrations of bulk aerosols
  • Multi-Filter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer
  • All sky imager
  • Automatic Weather station

Details of data


Parameter - 1

Data Definition: Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD)
Data resolution: Daily
Instrument: Multi-Wavelength Solar Radiometer (MWR)
Wavelengths: 380nm, 400nm, 450nm, 500nm, 600nm, 650nm, 750nm, 850nm, 935nm and 1025 nm

SN Station name Lat Lon Alt Measurement started
1 Trivandrum 8.5 77 2 Nov-85
2 Visakhapatnam 17.7 83.1 20 Dec-87
3 Anantapur 14.46 77.67 25 Jan-01
4 Dibrugarh 27.3 94.6 111 Oct-01
5 Nainital 29.2 79.3 1960 Jan-02
6 Bangalore 12.97 77.59 960 Jan-03
7 Hyderabad-NRSC 17.75 78.73 557 Apr-03
8 Port Blair 11.64 92.71 60 Oct-06
9 Dehradun 30.34 78.04 700 Jan-07
10 Goa 15.46 73.83 70 Oct-07
11 Hyderabad-TIFR 17.47 78.58 557 Oct-07
12 Shillong 25.6 91.91 1033 Feb-08
13 Nagpur 21.15 79.15 300 Jul-08
14 Kullu 31.9 77.1 1154 Jun-09
15 Hanle 32.78 78.95 4520 Aug-09
16 Patiala 30.33 76.46 249 Sep-09
17 Rajkot 22.3 70.73 142 Feb-10
18 Jaiselmir 26.92 70.95 225 May-10
19 Udaipur 24.6 73.9 577 Jun-10
20 Ooty 11.4 76.7 2520 Jan-11
21 Varanasi-BHU 25.3 82.96 78 Nov-11
22 Delhi 28.6 77.2 239 Jan-12
23 Kolkata 22.57 88.37 12 Feb-12
24 Chennai 12.7 79.92 50 Jul-13
25 Gorakhpur 26.75 83.38 85 Oct-13
26 Kadappa 14.46 78.81 138 Nov-13
27 Agra 27.18 78.02 169 Sep-14
28 Challakere 14.32 76.65 583 Mar-15
29 Agartala 23.5 91.25 43 Sep-15
30 Bhubaneswar-IIT (MTOP) 20.3 85.82 78 Oct-17
31 Bhubaneswar-IMMT 20.2 85.8 78 May-18
32 Vijayawada 16.44 80.62 30 Dec-18

Details of data


Parameter - 2

Data Definition: Black Carbon (BC) mass concentration
Unit: µg m-3
Instrument: Aethalometer

SN Station name Lat Lon Alt Measurement started
1 Trivandrum 8.5 77 2 Mar-00
2 Port Blair 11.64 92.71 60 Jan-02
3 Bangalore 12.97 77.59 960 Aug-03
4 Kanpur 26.4 80.3 50 Jan-04
5 Kharagpur 22.5 87.5 28 Nov-04
6 Nainital 29.2 79.3 1960 Nov-04
7 Pune 18.54 73.85 457 Jan-05
8 Hyderabad (NRSC) 17.75 78.73 557 Dec-05
9 Minicoy 8.2 73 2 Feb-06
10 Shillong 25.6 91.91 1033 Jul-06
11 Dehradun 30.34 78.04 700 Mar-07
12 Goa 15.46 73.83 70 Aug-07
13 Anantapur 14.46 77.67 25 Sep-07
14 Naliya 22.23 68.89 50 Nov-07
15 Patiala 30.33 76.46 249 Dec-07
16 Visakhapatnam 17.7 83.1 20 Dec-07
17 Ahmedabad 23.1 72.6 55 Jan-08
18 Ooty 11.4 76.7 2520 Jan-08
19 Dibrugarh 27.3 94.6 111 May-08
20 Rajkot 22.3 70.73 142 Jul-08
21 Udaipur 24.6 73.9 577 Jul-08
22 Bhubaneswar-IMMT 20.2 85.8 78 Oct-08
23 Hyderabad (TIFR) 17.47 78.58 557 Dec-08
24 Varanasi-IIT 25.3 82.96 78 Jan-09
25 Jaisalmer 26.92 70.95 225 Mar-09
26 Kullu 31.9 77.1 1154 Jul-09
27 Hanle 32.78 78.95 4520 Aug-09
28 Nagpur 21.15 79.15 300 May-10
29 Ranchi 23.23 85.23 654 Jul-10
30 Agartala 23.5 91.25 43 Sep-10
31 Imphal 24.75 93.92 765 Sep-10
32 Chennai 12.7 79.92 50 Mar-11
33 Delhi 28.6 77.2 239 Apr-11
34 Kadappa 14.46 78.81 138 Apr-11
35 Hyderabad (SHD) 17.63 78.55 550 Mar-12
36 Kolkata 22.57 88.37 12 May-12
37 Challakere 14.32 76.65 583 Oct-12
38 Gorakhpur 26.75 83.38 85 Aug-13
39 Agra 27.18 78.02 169 Apr-14
40 Vijayawada 16.44 80.62 30 Jan-16
41 Tawang 23.59 91.87 2916 Sep-16
42 Himansh 32.4 77.6 4080 Aug-17
43 Lachung 22.64 88.74 2700 Aug-18
44 Arctic (Polar) 78.92 11.93 8 Jul-10