Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals (2015)

    1. Anurose, T. J. and D. Bala Subrahamanyam, "Evaluation of ABL parametrization schemes in the COSMO, a regional non-hydrostatic atmospheric model over an inhomogeneous environment", Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 1(4): 38, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s40808-015-0045-y
    2. Arun K Dwivedi, Sagarika Chandra, Manoj Kumar, Sanjay Kumar, N.V. P. KiranKumar, “Spectral Analysis of Wind and Temperature Components during Lightning in Pre-Monsoon Season over Ranchi”, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 127(1), 95 - 105, 2015. DOI:10.1007/s00703-014-0346-0.
    3. Aryasree S., P. R. Nair, I. A. Girach and S. Jacob, "In situ measured seasonal characteristics of near-surface aerosols over Bay of Bengal and MODIS-retrieved columnar properties: A multicampaign analysis", Journal Geophysical Research, 120, 2015, DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023418.
    4. Aryasree S., P. R. Nair, I. A. Girach, and S. Jacob, "Winter time chemical characteristics of aerosols over the Bay of Bengal: continental influence", Environmental Science and Pollution Research 19, 14901-14918, 2015, DOI:10.1007/s11356-015-4700-7
    5. Babu, S. S., V. S. Nair, M. M. Gogoi, K. K. Moorthy, 2015, Seasonal variation of vertical distribution of aerosol single scattering albedo over Indian sub-continent: RAWEX aircraft observations, Atmospheric Environment, (in press), DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.041.
    6. Bhardwaj, A., and V. Mukundan, "Monte Carlo model for electron degradation in methane gas", Planetary and Space Science, 111, 34–43, 2015 DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2015.03.008.
    7. Bhardwaj, A., M. B. Dhanya, A. Alok, S. Barabash, M. Wieser, Y. Futaana, P. Wurz, A. Vorburger, M. Holmstrom, C. Lue, Y. Harada, and K. Asamura, "A New View on Solar wind interaction with Moon", Geosciences Letters, 2, No.10, pp. 1-15, 2015, DOI: 10.1186/s40562-015-0027.
    8. Bhardwaj, A., S. V. Mohankumar, T. P. Das, P. Pradeepkumar, P. Sreelatha, B. Sundar, A. Nandi, D. P. Vajja, M. B. Dhanya, N. Naik, G. Supriya, R. S. Thampi, G. P. Padmanabhan, V. K. Yadav, A. V. Aliyas, "MENCA Experiment aboard India’s Mars Orbiter Mission", Current Science, 109, Number 6, 2015.
    9. Bhardwaj, A., S.V. Mohankumar, Tirtha Pratim Das, Smitha V. Thampi, P. Pradeepkumar, P. Sreelatha, Sundar B., Amarnath Nandi, Dinakar Prasad Vajja, M.B. Dhanya, Neha Naik, G. Supriya, R. Satheesh Thampi, G. Padma Padmanabhan, Vipin K. Yadav, and A.V. Aliyas, MENCA onboard the Indian Mars Orbiter Mission, Physics Education, Vol. 31, no. 3, July-Sept, 2015.
    10. Bagiya Mala S.,R. Sridharan, Surendra Sunda, Lijo Jose, Tarun K. Pant, and R. K. Choudhary (2015), "Impact of the perturbation zonal velocity variation on the spatio/temporal, occurrence pattern of L band scintillation—A case study", Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics , 120(7), 5882-5889.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ 2015JA021322.
    11. Chakrabarty,D., Diptiranjan Rout, R. Sekar, R. Narayanan, G. D. Reeves, Tarun K. Pant, B. Veenadhari, and K. Shiokawa , “Three different types of electric field disturbances affecting equatorial ionosphere during a long duration prompt penetration event” , Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 4993–5008, 2015, DOI: :10.1002/2014JA020759.
    12. Chandrika P, Vijaya Bhaskara Rao S, Kiran Kumar N.V.P, and Narayana Rao T, “Review and testing analysis of Moupfouma rain rate model for Southern India”, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 5. 132, 33 - 36, 2015.
    13. Chandrika, P., S. Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, N.V.P. Kiran Kumar and T. Narayana Rao, Validation of Empirical Rainrate Models over a Tropical Coastal Station and an Inland Station in Southern India, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2015, DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2015.2469721.
    14. Das, S.K., S. M. Deshpande, S. S. Das, M. Konwar, K. Chakravarty and M. C. R. Kalapureddy, Temporal and structural evolution of a tropical monsoon cloud system: A case study using X-band radar observations, Journal of Atmosphere and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 133, 157-168, DOI : 10.1016/j.jastp.2015.08.009.
    15. Das, S.S., K. N. Uma, V. N. Bineesha, K.V.Suneeth, and G. Ramkumar, “Four decadal climatological intercomparison of Rocketsonde and Radiosonde with different reanalysis data : Results from Thumba Equatorial Station”, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, DOI:10.1002/qj.2632
    16. Das, S.S., M. V. Ratnam, K. N. Uma, K. V. Subrahmanyam, I.A.Girach, A. K. Patra,S. Aneesh, K.V. Suneeth, K. K. Kumar, A.P.Kesarkar, S. Sijikumar and G. Ramkumar, Influence of Tropical Cyclones on Tropospheric Ozone: Possible Implication, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics-Discussion, 15, 19305-19323, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acpd-15-19305-2015.
    17. Decock, A., E. Jehin, P. Rousselot, D. Hutsemékers, J. Manfroid, S. Raghuram, A. Bhardwaj, and B. Hubert, "Forbidden oxygen lines at various nucleocentric distances in comets", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 573, A1, 1-11, 2015 DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/201424403.
    18. Gogoi, Mukunda M., S. Suresh Babu, V. Jayachandran, K. K. Moorthy, S. K. Satheesh, M. Naja, and V. R. Kotamarthi, “Optical properties and CCN activity of aerosols in a high-altitude Himalayan environment: Results from RAWEX-GVAX”, Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmosphere), 120, 2453 – 2469, 2015, DOI:10.1002/2014JD022966.
    19. Gopal, K. Rama, S.M. Arafath, G. Balakrishnaiah, K. Raja Obul Reddy, N. Siva Kumar Reddy, A.P. Lingaswamy, S. Pavan Kumari, K. Uma Devi, R.R. Reddy, S. Suresh Babu, “Columnar-integrated aerosol optical properties and classification of different aerosol types over the semi-arid region, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh”, Science of the Total Environment,527-528,507-519, 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.086.
    20. Guha, Anirban., Barin Kumar De, Pranab Dhar, Trisanu Banik, Monti Chakraborty, Rakesh Roy, Abhijit Choudhury, Mukunda M. Gogoi, S Suresh Babu and K Krishna Moorthy, “Seasonal characteristics of Aerosol Black Carbon in relation to long-range transport over Tripura in Northeast India”, Aerosols and Air Quality Research, 15:786-798, 2015. DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2014.02.0029.
    21. Hajime Kita, Hiroaki Misawa, Anil Bhardwaj, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Takeshi Sakanoi, Yasumasa Kasaba, Chihiro Tao, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, and Akira Morioka, Relation between the short-term variation of the Jovian radiation belt and thermosphere derived from radio and infrared observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, pp.1-10, 2015. doi: 10.1002/2015JA021374.
    22. Hegde P., K. Kawamura, I. A. Girach and P. R. Nair, "Characterisation of water-soluble organic aerosols at a site on the southwest coast of India", Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 1-25, 2015, DOI:10.1007/s10874-015-9322-4.
    23. Jain, S. K., and A. Bhardwaj, "Production of N2 Vegard-Kaplan and Lyman-Birge-Hopefield emissions on Pluto", Icarus, 247, 285-290, 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.08.032.
    24. Kishore Kumar, G., K. Kishore Kumar, G. Baumgarten, and Geetha Ramkumar, "Validation of MERRA reanalysis upper-level winds over low latitudes with independent rocket sounding data", Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 123, 48-54, 2015, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2014.12.001.
    25. Kumar, A. H, M. V. Ratnam, S.V. Sunilkumar, K. Parameswaran, B.V.K. Murthy, Role of deep convection on the tropical tropopause characteristics at sub-daily scales over the South India monsoon region", Atmospheric Research 161, 14-24 Volumes 161–162,14–24, 2015.
    26. Kumar, R., M. C. Barth, G. G. Pfister, V. S. Nair, S. D. Ghude, and N. Ojha, "What controls the seasonal cycle of black carbon aerosols in India?", J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 2015. DOI:10.1002/2015JD023298.
    27. Kumar, R., M.C. Barth, V.S. Nair, G.G. Pfister, S. Suresh Babu, S.K. Satheesh, K. Krishna Moorthy, G.R. Carmichael, Z. Lu, D.G. Streets, Sources of black carbon aerosols in South Asia and surrounding regions during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, Gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB), Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15 (10), 5415-5428, 2015, DOI:10.5194/acp-15-5415-2015.
    28. Lalit Mohan Joshi, S Balwada, T. K. Pant, S G Sumod, “Investigation on F layer height rise and Equatorial spread F (ESF) onset, time: Signature of standing large scale wave”, Space weather, 13, 211 – 219, 2015, DOI: 10.1002/2014SW001129.
    29. Madhav Haridas, M. K., G. Manju, and T. K. Pant, "On the solar activity variations of nocturnal F region vertical drifts covering two solar cycles in the Indian longitude sector", Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 1445 – 1451, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020561.
    30. Manju G.and M. K. Madhav Haridas, "On the equinoctial asymmetry in the threshold height for the occurrence of equatorial spread F", Journal of Atmosheric and Solar Terresstrial Phyics, 124, 59-62, 2015, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2015J.01.008).
    31. McKenna-Lawlor, S., A. Bhardwaj, F. Ferrari, N. Kuznetsov, A. K. Lal, Y. Li, A. Nagamatsu, R. Nymmik, M. Panasyuk, V. Petrov, G. Reitz, L. Pinsky, S. M. Shukor, A. K. Singhvi, U. Straube, L. Tomi, and T. Lawrence, "Recommendations to mitigate against Human health risks incurred due to energetic particle irradiation beyond low earth orbit/BLEO", Acta Astronautica, 109, 182–193, 2015 DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.11.009.
    32. Mridula, N, T. K. Pant, On the possible role of zonal dynamics in the formation and evolution of F3 layers over equator, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 134, November 2015, Pages 69-77, ISSN 1364-6826, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.09.019.
    33. Muraleedharan, P. M., S. Prasanna Kumar, K. Mohana kumar, S. Sijikumar, K. U. Sivakumar, Teesha Mathew, "Observational evidence of Mixed Rossby Gravity waves at the central equatorial Indian Ocean", Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 127(4), 407 – 417, 2015, DOI:10.1007/s00703-015-0376-2
    34. Nair, S. K., Thara Prabhakaran, Neethu Purushothaman, S. Sijikumar, N. V. P. Kirankumar, S. Muralidharan, D. B. Subrahmanyam, T. J. Anurose, S. S Prijith, K. V. S Namboodiri, “Diurnal variation of low-level jet characteristics during the onset phase of Asian Summer Monsoon over Peninsular India”, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 120(1-2), 287 – 298, 2015, DOI:10.1007/s00704-014-1168-1.
    35. Nizy Mathew, Viju Oommen John, C. Suresh Raju, K. Krishna Moorthy, ''Upper Tropospheric Humidity from SAPHIR onboard Megha-Tropiques", Current Science, May 2015, 1915-1922.
    36. Panda, S. K., S. S Gedam, G. Rajaram, S. Sripathi, T. K Pant, R. M Das, A multi-technique study of the 29–31 October 2003 geomagnetic storm effect on low latitude ionosphere over Indian region with magnetometer, ionosonde, and GPS observations, 2015, Astrophysics and Space Science, 354 (2), 267-274. 2015.
    37. Renju, R., C. Suresh Raju, N. Mathew, T. Antony, K. Krishna Moorthy, "Microwave radiometer observations of inter-annual water vapor variability and vertical structure over a tropical station". Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmosphere), 120, 4585 – 4599, 2015. DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022838.
    38. Sarkhel, S, John D. Mathews, Shikha Raizada, R Sekar, D. Chakrabarty, A. Guharay, Robert B. Kerr, Geetha Ramkumar, S. Sridharan, Qian. Wu, and Martin G. Mlynczak, "A case study on occurrence of an unusual structure in the sodium layer over India", Earth Planet & Space, 67, 19, 2015, DOI 10.1186/s40623-015-0183-5.
    39. Smitha V Thampi., Mala Bagiya., D. Chakrabarty., Y. B Acharya., and M. Yamamoto, "An ensemble average method to estimate absolute TEC using radio beacon based differential phasemeasurements: applicability to regions of large latitudinal gradients in plasma density, ", Radio Science, 49 (12), 1153–1161, 2015, DOI:10.1002/2014RS005372.
    40. Smitha V. Thampi., R. Sridharan., Tirtha Pratim Das., S.M Ahmed, J.A. Kamalakar and Anil Bhardwaj, "The spatial distribution of molecular hydrogen in the lunar atmosphere–new results", Planetary and Space Science, 106, 142 – 147, 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2014.12.018.
    41. Solmon, F., V. S. Nair, Mallet, “Increasing Arabian dust activity and the Indian summer Monsoon”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 8051-8064, 2015, DOI:10.5194/acp-15-8051-2015.
    42. Sridharan, R, Lijo Jose, Mala S. Bagiya, Surendra Sunda, R.K. Chaudhary, T. K. Pant, Refinement of the background ionospheric conditions and plausible explanation based on neutral dynamics for the occurrence/non-occurrence of L-band scintillation patches against forecast., Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 133,
      18-24, 2015, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.07.018.
    43. Subrahamanyam, D. B., Ismail Gultepe, Sultan Al-Yahyai and A. N. V. Satyanarayana, "Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes and Atmospheric Modeling", Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2015, Article ID 985353, 2 pages, 2015, DOI: 10.1155/2015/985353.
    44. Subrahmanyam, K.V., K. K. Kumar and N. B. Alur,"Phase relation between CAPE and precipitation at diurnal scales over the Indian summer monsoon region" Atmospheric Science Letters, DOI:10.1002/asl2.566, 2015.
    45. Sumod, S.G., T. K Pant., C. Vineeth and M.M Hossain, "Unusual depletion of OI 630.0nm dayglow and simultaneous mesopause heating during the penetration of
      interplanetary electric field over dip equator, ", Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 124, 59-62, 2015, DOI:10.1002/j.jastp.2014JA020584.
    46. Sunilkumar, S.V., M. Muhsin, K. Parameswaran, M. Venkat Ratnam, Geetha Ramkumar, K. Rajeev, B.V. Krishna Murthy, K.V. Sambhu Namboodiri, K.V. Subrahmanyam, K. Kishore
      Kumar, Siddarth Shankar Das, Characteristics of turbulence in the troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Indian Peninsula, Journla of Atmosphere and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 133, 36–53, 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2015.07.015.
    47. Talukdar, Shamitaksha., Soumyajyoti Jana, Animesh Maitra and Mukunda M Gogoi, Characteristics of black carbon concentration at a metropolitan city located near land-ocean boundary in Eastern India, Atmospheric Research, 153, 526 - 534, 2015. DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.10.014.
    48. Tinu Antony, C. Suresh Raju, Nizy Mathew, K. Krishna Moorthy, "Flood Extent Analysis Over the Major River Basins in the Indian Subcontinent Using Satellite Microwave Radiometeric Data", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2390036, 2015.
    49. Vorburger, A., P. Wurz, S. Barabash, M. Wieser, Y. Futaana, A. Bhardwaj, and K. Asamura, "Imaging the South Pole - Aitken Basin in Backscattered Neutral Hydrogen Atoms", Planetary and Space Science, 115, 57–63, 2015 ,DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2015.02.007.
    50. Yadav, V., B. Kakad, T. K. Pant, A. Bhattacharyya, and D. S. V. V. D. Prasad (2015), Study of equatorial E region irregularities using rare daytime VHF scintillation observations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JA021320