cbf74f03-67b9-446a-ba00-950977218d54 eng a0a53e14-f8ff-42cf-a074-d334dab77c94 Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 3230511 +39 035 3230551 Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy metadata@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org/ 2025-02-21T18:58:45 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 WGS84 EPSG The EV-K2-CNR Pyramid and the AERONET network (Himalayan atmospheric brown cloud characterization via sunphotometer observations) Research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: SHARE-Asia Project. 2007-06-21T00:00:00 Mountains witness of global changes - research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: SHARE-ASIA project 77-82 in Mountains witness of global changes - research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: SHARE-ASIA project, Baudo, R., Tartari, G., Vuillermoz, E. (Eds.),Elsevier, Amsterdam, Holland, 2007. Developments in Earth Surface Processes - Elsevier 978-0-444-52990-9 0928-2025 A Cimel sunphotometer operating in the framework of the AERONET project has been installed at the Himalayan Ev-K2-CNR Pyramid (5079 m a.s.l.) in the year 2006, as site Ev-K2-CNR. The observational activity will provide a characterization of the optical and microphysical properties of atmospheric aerosols, in particular of the atmospheric brown cloud (ABC) in the Himalayan region. This paper will describe the Cimel sunphotometer measurement technique, will introduce to the AERONET programme and will evaluate the contribution of the proposed Ev-K2-CNR AERONET site to the study of the ABC. From an environmental point of view, mountains are particularly sensitive and important for monitoring the state of health of our planet. Only through distribution of meteoclimatic and atmospheric composition monitoring points in mountain regions, coupled with modelling simulations, will we be able to thoroughly analyze complex pollutant transport mechanisms and better understand imminent global changes. The Himalayan-Karakoram range - for its elevation and geographic location, represents one of the ideal places for studying long-range pollutant transport systems on a regional scale and for monitoring changes index by mechanisms that act on global scale through monsoon circulation.The Ev-K2-CNR with this book reached its objective of creating a unique opportunity for dialogue between major environmental scientists and experts, highlighting the close relationship between diverse themes with a common underlying thread: in-depth comprehension of the environmental phenomena which are determining the health of our planet. Elsevier Science Publishing Company PO Box 211 Amsterdam Amsterdam 100 AE Netherlands nlinfo@sciencedirect.com http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Gian Paolo Gobbi Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) -CNR +39 0649934343 +39 0620660291 Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 Roma Roma 00133 Italy g.gobbi@isac.cnr.it www.isac.cnr.it Federico Angelini Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR +39 0649934340 Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 Roma Roma 00133 Italy F.Angelini@isac.cnr.it www.isac.cnr.it WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners Francesca Barnaba Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR +39 0649934282 Via Fosso del Cavaliere,100 Roma Roma 00133 Italy F.Barnaba@isac.cnr.it www.isac.cnr.it WWW:LINK-1.0-http--partners Paolo Bonasoni Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC) - CNR +39 0516399590 +39 0516399652 Via Gobetti 101 Bologna BO 40129 Italy p.bonasoni@isac.cnr.it www.isac.cnr.it WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=cbf74f03-67b9-446a-ba00-950977218d54&fname=mountain_witness__s.png thumbnail png SHARE AERONET ABC high altitude Nepal Himalaya climate change global change atmospheric aerosols atmospheric brown cloud Sunphotometer eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment geoscientificInformation 80.0522 88.1946 26.3684 30.4247 http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Elsevier web site http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928202506100115 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Abstract:"The EV-K2-CNR Pyramid and the AERONET network (Himalayan atmospheric brown cloud characterization via sunphotometer observations)." “The EV-K2-CNR Pyramid and the AERONET network (Himalayan atmospheric brown cloud characterization via sunphotometer observations).” Gian Paolo Gobbi, Federico Angelini, Francesca Barnaba, Paolo Bonasoni Developments in Earth Surface Processes Volume 10, 2007, Pages 77-82 Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes Research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: Share-Asia Project doi:10.1016/S0928-2025(06)10011-5