Public Seminar on Atmospheric Brown Clouds

A public seminar on Atmospheric Brown Clouds (ABC) was delivered by Prof Teruyuki Nakajima, Chair of ABC-Asia and Director of Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo, at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on 8 July 2009. Attended by scientists, professors, staff and students of AIT, the seminar introduced ABC and explained the science behind the phenomenon. Prof. Nakajima stated that hot spots of ABCs include the Bangkok urban region, Pacific Ocean cities in Japan, the mega cities in China and the entire Indo-Gangetic plains in India.

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