Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals (2018)

    1. Aswathy R. P. and G. Manju(2018), Hind-casting of Equatorial Spread F (ESF) using seasonal empirical models,J.Geophy.Res, 123, 1515–1524. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA025036
    2. Antony Tinu, C. Suresh Raju, R. Renju, Nizy Mathew & K. Krishna Moorthy (2018), Microwave emissivity of arid regions at 10 GHz – potential for subsurface studies, International Journal of Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1080/01431161.2018.1458345, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1458345/
    3. Anurose, T. J., Subrahamanyam, D.B. & Sunilkumar, S.V. (2018), Two years observations on the diurnal evolution of coastal atmospheric boundary layer features over Thiruvananthapuram (8.5° N, 76.9° E), India, Theoretical & Applied Climatology, 131: 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-1955-y
    4. Aryasree S. and Prabha R. Nair (2018), Season-dependent size distribution of aerosols over the tropical coastal environment of south-west India, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 167, 219–232, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2017.12.012
    5. Aswini A.R., P. Hegde and Prabha R. Nair, "Carbonaceous and inorganic aerosols over a sub-urban site in peninsular India: Temporal variability and source characteristics", Atmospheric Research, 199, 40-53, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.09.005
    6. Aneesh S., and S. Sijikumar (2018), Changes in the La Nina teleconnection to the Indian summer monsoon during recent period, Journal of Atmospheric Solar-Terrestrial Physics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2017.11.009.
    7. Ajesh A., T.K. Pant, C. Vineeth, N. Mridula and K.K. Kumar (2018), Vertical coupling between the mesopause region and sporadic-E layer during equatorial counter electrojet events – A case study, Adv. Space Res., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.07.001.
    8. Ambili, K.M., Sneha S. Babu, and R.K. Choudhary (2018), On the relative roles of the neutral density and photo chemistry on the solar zenith angle variations in the V2 layer characteristics of the Venus ionosphere under different solar activity conditions, ; Icarus, 321, 661-670, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.12.001.
    9. Ando, H., Takagi, M., Fukuhara, T., Imamura, T., Sugimoto, N., Sagawa, H., Noguchi, K., Tellmann, S., P¨atzold, M., H¨ausler, B., Murata, Y., Takeuchi, H., Yamazaki, A., Toda, T., Tomiki, A., Choudhary, R.K., Kishore Kumar, K., Ramkumar, G., Antonita, M., (2018), Local time dependence of the thermal structure in the Venusian equatorial upper atmosphere: Comparison of Akatsuki radio occultation measurements and GCM results, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005640
    10. Aswini A. R., P. Hegde, P. R. Nair and S. Aryasree (2018), Seasonal trends in carbonaceous aerosols over a tropical coastal location in response to meteorological processes, Science of the Total Environment, 656, 1261–1279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.366
    11. Bhatt, M., C. Wöhler, D. Dhingra, G. Thangjam, D. Rommel, U. Mall, A. Bhardwaj, A. Grumpe (2018), Compositional studies of Mare Moscoviense: New perspectives from Chandrayaan-1 VIS-NIR data, Icarus, 303, 149-165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus. 2017.10.009.
    12. Bran S.H., Subin Jose., and Rohit. S., (2018).  Investigation of optical and radiative properties of aerosols during an intense dust storm: A regional climate modeling approach. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 168,21-31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.003.
    13. Bagiya, M.S., S.V. Thampi, D. Hui, A.S. Sunil, D. Chakrabarty, and R.K. Choudhary (2018), Signatures of the solar transient disturbances over the low latitude ionosphere during 6 to 8 September 2017,  Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123, https://doi.org/10.1002/2018JA025496.
    14. Das, S.S., K.V.Suneeth, , M.V.Ratnam, I.A. Girach and S.K.Das (2018) Upper tropospheric ozone transport from the sub-tropics to tropics over the Indian region during Asian summer monsoon, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4418-6

    15. Das, S.K., S.S.Das, K. Saha, U.V. M. Krishna, K.K. Dania (2018), Investigation of Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in the boundary layer using Doppler lidar and radiosonde data, 202, 105-111, Atmospheric Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.11.013

    16. Dhanya, M. B., Bhardwaj, A., Alok, A., Futaana, Y., Barabash, S., Wieser, M., et al. (2018). First observation of transport of solar wind protons scattered from magnetic anomalies into the near lunar wake: Observations by SARA/Chandrayaan-1. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079330
    17. Dhar,P., Banik,T., De, B.K., Gogoi,M.M, Babu, S.S., Guha,A (2018), Study of aerosol types and seasonal sources using wavelength dependent Angstrom Exponent over North-East India: Ground based measurement and satellite remote sensing", Advances in Space Research,62, issue 5, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.06.017
    18. Emmanuel, Maria, S. V. Sunilkumar , M. Muhsin, B. Suneel Kumar, N. Nagendra, P. R. Satheesh Chandran, Geetha Ramkumar, and K. Rajeev, (2018), Intercomparison of Cryogenic Frost-Point Hygrometer Observations With Radiosonde, SAPHIR, MLS, and Reanalysis Datasets Over Indian Peninsula, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2018.2834154.
    19. Emmanuel, M., S.V. Sunilkumar, M. Venkat Ratnam, M. Muhsin, K. Parameswaran, B.V. Krishna Murthy (2018), Diurnal variation of the tropospheric water vapour over a coastal and an inland station in Southern Indian Peninsula, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys., 179, 11-21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.06.007
    20. Girach I. A., N. Ojha, Prabha R. Nair, Y. K. Tiwari and K. Ravi Kumar (2018), Variations of trace gases over the Bay of Bengal during the summer monsoon, Journal of Earth System Science, 127, 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12040-017-0915-y
    21. Gogoi M.M., Babu S.S., Pandey S.K., Nair V.K., Vaishya A., Girach I., Koushik N.,  (2018) Snow Darkening due to Black Carbon in the Arctic and the Antarctic’, Polar Science, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2018.03.002.
    22. Gupta, Ashok Kumar, K. Rajeev, S. Sijikumar, Anish Kumar M Nair (2018), Enhanced Daytime Occurrence of Clouds in the Tropical Upper Troposphere over land and ocean”, Atmospheric Research, 201, 133-143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.10.018.
    23. Hemanth Kumar, A, M. Venkat Ratnam, S.V. Sunilkumar, K. Parameswaran, B.V. Krishna Murthy (2018), Cross tropopause flux observed at sub-daily scales over the south Indian monsoon regions, Atmospheric Research, 201, 72-85,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.10.017.
    24. Jayachandran,V., Nair, V.S., Babu, S.S. (2018), CCN activation properties at a tropical hill station in Western Ghats during south-west summer monsoon: Vertical heterogeneity, 214, 36-45,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.07.018
    25. Kavitha M., Nair P. R., Girach I. A., Aneesh S., Sijikumar S. and Renju R., "Diurnal and seasonal variations in surface methane at a tropical coastal station: Role of mesoscale meteorology", Science of the Total Environment, 631–632, 1472–1485, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.03.123
    26. Koushik, N & K.K.Kumar,  Ramkumar, Geetha & Subrahmanyam, Kandula. (2018). Response of equatorial and low latitude mesosphere lower thermospheric dynamics to the northern hemispheric sudden stratospheric warming events. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.021.
    27. Kompalli,S.K.,Babu,S.S.,Udayasoorian,C.,Jayabalakrishnan,R.M.(2018),Role of anthropogenic emissions and meteorology on ultrafine particle bursts over a high altitude site in Western Ghats during pre-monsoon, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 179, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2018.09.001.
    28. Lakshmi, N. B., Nair, V. S., and S. S. Babu, 2017, Vertical structure of aerosols and mineral dust over the Bay of Bengal from multi-satellite observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 1284512861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027643.
    29. Mathew, Sneha Susan & Karanam Kishore Kumar (2018), On the role of precipitation latent heating in modulating the strength and width of the Hadley circulation, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2515-4.
    30. Mathew Sneha Susan and Karanam Kishore Kumar (2018), Estimation of Zonally Resolved Edges of the Tropical Belt Using GPS-RO Measurements, IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND REMOTE SENSING, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2828342.
    31. Mridula N and Tarun Kumar Pant, The generation of post noon F3 layers over the dip equatorial location of Thiruvananthapuram- A new perspective, J. Atmos. Terr.Phys, 170,(2018), 55-63, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.02.008.
    32. Mridula N, Tarun Kumar Pant and Ajesh A, On the QBO modulation in the frequency of occurrence of pre noon F3 layers over the dip equatorial location of Thiruvananthapuram, J. Atmos. Terr.Phys, 179,(2018), 114-119, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.07.004.
    33. Muhsin, M., Sunilkumar, S. V., Venkat Ratnam, M., Krishna Murthy, B. V., & Parameswaran, K. (2018). Seasonal and diurnal variations of tropical tropopause layer (TTL) over the Indian peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research,122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027056.
    34. Muhsin, M., S.V. Sunilkumar, M. Venkat Ratnam, K. Parameswaran, B.V. Krishna Murthy, Maria Emmanuel (2018), Effect of convection on the thermal structure of the troposphere and lower stratosphere including the tropical tropopause layer in the South Asian monsoon region, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 169, 52-65, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.016.
    35. Mukundan, V., and A. Bhardwaj (2018),  A Model for Negative Ion Chemistry in Titan's Ionosphere, The Astrophysical Journal, 856 (2), 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aab1f5.
    36. Madhav Haridas, M.K, Biswadip Gharai, Subin Jose and Prajesh T (2018). Multi-year satellite observations of tropospheric NO2 concentrations over Indian region. Journal of Earth System Science,128,13, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-018-1032-2.
    37. Madhav Haridas M. K., Manju G. and T. Arunamani (2018), Solar activity variations of Equatorial Spread F occurrence and sustenance time during different seasons over Indian longitudes: Empirical model and causative mechanisms, Adv. Space Res., 10.1016/j.asr.2018.02.040, 61(10), 2585-2592.
    38. Manju G. And Aswathy R. P. (2018), First Time Estimation of Thermospheric Neutral Density Profiles From Seed Perturbations of ESF Triggering: A Novel Evidence for Ionosphere Thermosphere Coupling, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025967.
    39. Nalini, K., K. N. Uma, S. Sijikuamr, Yogesh K. Tiwari & Radhika Ramachandran (2018): Satellite- and ground-based measurements of CO2 over the Indian region: its seasonal dependencies, spatial variability, and model estimates, International Journal of Remote Sensing, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1479787
    40. Nair P. R, Revathy S. A., David L. M., Girach, I. A. and Kavitha M., "Decadal changes in surface ozone at the tropical station Thiruvananthapuram (8.542 N, 76.858 E), India: effects of anthropogenic activities and meteorological variability", Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1695-x
    41. Pranab Dhar, Trisanu Banik, Barin Kumar De, Mukunda M. Gogoi, S. Suresh Babu and Anirban Guha (2018), Study of aerosol types and seasonal sources using wavelength dependent Angstrom Exponent over North-East India: Ground based measurement and satellite remote sensing, Advances in Space Research, 62, 1049-1064, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.06.017.
    42. Premkumar, B., K. Chenna Reddy, G. Yellaiah, K. Kishore Kumar (2018), Seasonal variations in vertical distribution of meteor decay time as observed from meteor radars at 8.5°N and 80°N, Adv. Space Res., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2018.11.019.
    43. Prasad, P., Raman, M.R., Venkat Ratnam,M, Chen,W., Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, S., Gogoi, M.M., Kompalli, S.K., Sarat Kumar, Babu S.S (2018), Characterization of atmospheric Black Carbon over a semi-urban site of southeast India: Local sources and long-range transport,Atmospheric Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.06.024
    44. Pandolfi, M., Alados-Arboledas, L., Alastuey, A., Andrade, M., Angelov, C., Artiñano, B., Backman, J., Baltensperger, U., Bonasoni, P., Bukowiecki, N., Collaud Coen, M., Conil, S., Coz, E., Crenn, V., Dudoitis, V., Ealo, M., Eleftheriadis, K., Favez, O., Fetfatzis, P., Fiebig, M., Flentje, H., Ginot, P., Gysel, M., Henzing, B., Hoffer, A., Holubova Smejkalova, A., Kalapov, I., Kalivitis, N., Kouvarakis, G., Kristensson, A., Kulmala, M., Lihavainen, H., Lunder, C., Luoma, K., Lyamani, H., Marinoni, A., Mihalopoulos, N., Moerman, M., Nicolas, J., O'Dowd, C., Petäjä, T., Petit, J.-E., Pichon, J. M., Prokopciuk, N., Putaud, J.-P., Rodríguez, S., Sciare, J., Sellegri, K., Swietlicki, E., Titos, G., Tuch, T., Tunved, P., Ulevicius, V., Aditya Vaishya., Vana, M., Virkkula, A., Vratolis, S., Weingartner, E., Wiedensohler, A., Laj, P. (2018), A European aerosol phenomenology – 6: scattering properties of atmospheric aerosol particles from 28 ACTRIS sites, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 7877-7911, https:// doi.org/ 10.5194/acp-18-7877-2018

    45. Subrahmanyam, Kandula & K.K.Kumar & D. Tourville, Natalie, (2018), CloudSat Observations of Three-Dimensional Distribution of Cloud Types in Tropical Cyclones. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. PP. 339-344. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2786666.

    46. Subrahmanyam, Kandula Venkata, Karanam Kishore Kumar (2018), Vertical structure of stratocumulus clouds and associated dynamics over the Arabian Sea during Indian summer monsoon season, J. Appl. Remote Sens. 12(1), 016018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.12.016018.
    47. Shreedevi, P.R., R.K. Choudhary, S. Yadav, S. Thampi, A. Ajesh (2018),  Variation of the TEC at a dip equatorial station, Trivandrum and a mid latitude station, Hanle during the descending phase of the solar cycle 24 (2014–2016), Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 179, pp.425-434.
    48. Saheb,D.S., Kant, Y., Mitra,D., Chandola,H., Babu, S.S. (2018), Long-term variability of MODIS 3 km aerosol optical depth over Indian region, ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. IV-5. 359-366. 10.5194/isprs-annals-IV-5-359-2018
    49. Subba,T., Gogoi,M.M., Pathak,B., Bhuyan,P.K. (2018), Assessment of 1D and 3D model simulated radiation flux based on surface measurements and estimation of aerosol forcing and their climatological aspects, Atmospheric Research, 204, 110-127,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.01.012
    50. Tamanna Subba, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Binita Pathak, Pradip K Bhuyan (2018), Assessment of 1D and 3D model simulated radiation flux based on surface measurements and estimation of aerosol forcing and their climatological aspects, Atmospheric Research, 204, 110-127, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.01.012
    51. Thampi S.V, Krishnaprasad C., Anil Bhardwaj, Yuni Lee, R. K. Choudhary and T. K. Pant (2018), MAVEN observations of the response of Martian ionosphere to the interplanetary coronal mass ejections of March 2015,  Journal of Geophysical Research – Space Physics , https://doi.org/10.1002/ 2018JA025444.
    52. Vaishya, A., Babu,S.S., Jayachandran,V.,Gogoi, M.M., Lakshmi,N.B., Moorthy,K.K.,Satheesh,S.K. (2018), Large contrast in the vertical distribution of aerosol optical properties and radiative effects across the Indo-Gangetic Plain during the SWAAMI–RAWEX campaign, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 17669-17685. 10.5194/acp-18-17669-2018
    53. Yadav, V. K., N. Srivastava, S. S. Ghosh, P. T. Srikar and K. Subhalakshmi (2018), Science objectives of the Magnetic Field Experiment onboard Aditya-L1 Spacecraft, Advances in Space Research, 61 (2), 749-758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.11.008.
    54. Yadav, V. K. (2018), Alfven wave detection at first Lagrangian point with magnetic field measurements, IETE Technical Review, 3-11, https://doi.org/10.1080/02564602.2018.1541767