Indian Ocean Experiment Explained

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

• 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%.

See also

• Asian brown cloud
• Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Notes and References

1. 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.. Mark G. Lawrence . 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. . The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia . 10.1126/science.1057103 . Science . 291 . 5506 . 1031–1036 . 2001 . 11161214. 2001Sci...291.1031L . 2141541 .