Dust storm characteristics over Indo-Gangetic basin through satellite remote sensing

The dust storm is a common atmospheric phenomenon that modifies the optical, physical, and radiative properties of aerosols and plays a crucial role in the global radiation budget, and hence global climate change. The present chapter proposes different remote sensing techniques, such as moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer true-color images, AErosol RObotic NETwork, cloud-aerosol LIDAR, and infrared pathfinder satellite observation (CALIPSO) to study the various properties of dust particles during dust storms over Indo-Gangetic Basin. In addition, Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model is used for the event confirmation and source identification of dust storms.