Indian Ocean Experiment

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

## References

1. ↑ Lelieveld, J.; Crutzen, P. J.; Ramanathan, V.; Andreae, M. O.; Brenninkmeijer, C. M.; Campos, T.; Cass, G. R.; Dickerson, R. R. et al. (2001). "The Indian Ocean Experiment: Widespread Air Pollution from South and Southeast Asia". Science 291 (5506): 1031–1036. doi:10.1126/science.1057103. PMID 11161214. Bibcode: 2001Sci...291.1031L.

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