LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

1. B.V. Krishna Murthy, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, C. Raghava Reddi and S. Vaidyanathan,

Frequency variations of equatorial ionospheric scintillations, Nature, 262, 338-339, 1976. 2. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, C. Raghava Reddi and B.V. Krishna Murthy, Nighttime ionospheric

scintillations at the magnetic equator, J. Atmos. Terr. Physics, 41, 123-134, 1979. 3. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, B.V. Krishna Murthy and C. Raghava Reddi, Modeling of equatorial

nighttime ionospheric scintillations, Low latitude aeronomical processes, (Advances in space

exploration), 8, 205-208, 1980. 4. P.B. Rao, V. Vijayakumar, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, B.V. Krishna Murthy and C. Raghava

Reddi, Effects of the ionosphere on satellite to ground communications at the equator, Low latitude aeronomical processes, (Advances in space exploration), 8, 217-220, 1980.

5. C. Raghava Reddi, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and B.V. Krishna Murthy, Signal statistics of

nighttime ionospheric scintillations, Radio Sci., 15, (5), 1001-1007, 1980. 6. B.V. Krishna Murthy, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and C. Raghava Reddi, Daytime equatorial

ionospheric scintillations, Ann. Geophys., 38, (2), 153-161, 1982. 7. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and B.V. Krishna Murthy, Drift speeds of equatorial Electrojet

irregularities of kilometre and metre sizes, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 48, (7), 649-653, 1986. 8. B.V. Krishna Murthy and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Effect of magnetic activity on equatorial

ionospheric scintillations, Ann. Geophys., 4A, (5), 399-403, 1986. 9. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Prabha B. Nair and B.V. Krishna Murthy, A study of aerosol optical

depth at a coastal station, Trivandrum, Ind. J. Radio & Space Phy., 17, 16-22, 1988. 10. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Prabha R Nair and B.V. Krishna Murthy, Multiwavelength solar

radiometer network and features of aerosol optical depth at Trivandrum, Ind. J. Radio & Space

Phys.,18, 194-201, 1989. 11. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Prabha R Nair and B V Krishna Murthy, Size distribution of coastal

aerosols: Effects of local sources and sinks, J. Appl. Meteorol., 30,844-852,1991. 12. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, B V Krishna Murthy and Prabha R Nair, Sea-breeze front effects on

boundary layer aerosols at a tropical coastal station, J. Appl. Meteorol., 32,1196-1205,1993. 13. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Prabha R Nair, B S N Prasad, N Muralikrishnan, H B Gayatri, B

Narasimha Murthy, K Niranjan, Y Ramesh babu, G V Sataynarayana,V V Agashe, G R Aher, Risal Singh and B N Srivastava, Results from the MWR network of IMAP, Indian J. Radio &

Space Phys., 22, 243-258, 1993.

14. Prabha R Nair and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, On the association between aerosol optical depths

and surface meteorological conditions in a tropical coastal environment, Mausam, 46, (4), 427-434, 1995.

15. K. Parameswaran, G. Vijayakumar, BV Krishna Murthy and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Effect of

wind speed on mixing region aerosol concentrations at a tropical station, J. Appl. Meteorol., 34, 1392-1397, 1995.

16. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Prabha R Nair, BV Krishna Murthy and SK Satheesh, Time evolution

of the optical effects and aerosol characteristics of Mt. Pinatubo origin from ground based

observation, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 58, (10), 1101-1116, 1996. 17. S.K. Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Atmospheric total ozone content from spectral

extinction measurements, Ind. J. Radio & Space Phys., 25,204-210, 1996. 18. Prabha R Nair and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Effects of physical properties of atmospheric

aerosols on path radiance, Atmospheric Research, 43, 139-155, 1997. 19. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, SK Satheesh and BV Krishna Murthy, Investigations of marine

aerosols over the tropical Indian Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 18,827-18,842, 1997. 20. SK Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol characteristics over coastal regions of the

Arabian Sea, Tellus 49B, 417-428, 1997. 21. Prabha R Nair and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, An analysis of the effects of Mount Pinatubo

aerosols on atmospheric radiances, Int. J. Remote-Sensing, 19(4), 697-705, 1998. 22. K. Parameswaran, Rekha Rajan, G.Vijayakumar, K. Rajeev, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Prabha

R. Nair and SK Satheesh, Seasonal and long-term variations of aerosol content in the

atmospheric mixing region at a tropical station in the Arabian Sea coast, J. Atmos. Sol. Terr.

Phys., 60, 17-25, 1998. 23. SK Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and BV Krishna Murthy, Spatial gradients in aerosol

characteristics over the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 103(D20), 26183-26192, 1998.

24. Prabha R Nair and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Effects of changes in the atmospheric water vapor

content on the physical properties of atmospheric aerosols at a coastal station, J. Atmos. Solar-

Terr. Phys., 60, 563-572, 1998. 25. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S.K. Satheesh, and B.V. Krishna Murthy, Characteristics of spectral

optical depths and size distributions of aerosols over tropical oceanic regions, J. Atmos. Sol.

Terr. Phys., 60, 981-992, 1998.

26. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Auromeet Saha, K. Niranjan and Preetha S. Pillai Optical Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols over the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean: North-South Contrast across the ITCZ, Current Sci., 76 (7), 956-960, 1999.

27. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Preetha S. Pillai, Auromeet Saha and K. Niranjan, Aerosol Size

Characteristics over the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean - Extensive sub-micron aerosol loading in the Northern Hemisphere, Current Sci., 76 (7), 961-967, 1999.

28. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY. and SK Satheesh, Characteristics of aerosols over a remote island,

Minicoy in the Arabian Sea: Optical properties and retrieved size characteristics, Q. J. Roy.

Meteorol. Soc., Part A, 126, 81-109, 2000 (won the WMO young scientist award). 29. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and Auromeet Saha, Aerosol study during INDOEX: observation of

enhanced aerosol activity over the Mid Arabian Sea during the northern winter, J. Atmos.

Solar-Terr. Phys., 62, 65-72, 2000. 30. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and SK Satheesh, Aerosol Characteristics over Minicoy: Evidence

of Influence of Mineral Dust Transport, J. Marine Atmos. Res, 2, 25-31, 2000 31. Subbaraya, B.H., A. Jayaraman, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and M. Mohan, Atmospheric

aerosol studies under ISRO’s Geosphere Biosphere Programme, J. Ind. Geophys. Union, 4, 77-90, 2000.

32. Murthy, BVK, Nayar, SRP, Revathy, K., Satheesan, K., Parameswaran, K., Nair, P.R., K.

KRISHNA MOORTHY., Rao. P.B., Bhavanikumar, Y., Raghunath, K., Krishniah, M., Thin aerosol clouds at Tropopause level, Ind. J. Radio & Space Phys., 29, 245-248, 2000.

33. Preetha S Pillai, D. Jhurry and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol Optical Depth Studies

During INDOEX: Comparison of the Spectral Features over Coastal India with the Pristine Southern Hemispheric Environment over Mauritius, Curr. Sci., 80, 138-144, 2001

34. K.S. Appu, S. Muraleedharan Nair, P.K. Kunhikrishnan, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, G.

Viswanathan, A.P. Mitra, R. Sadourny, C. Basdevant, C. Ethe, H. Ovarlez, R. Chapuis, Dartiguelongue, B. and P. Vianeys, Spatial distribution of meteorological parameters around 900 hPa level over the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean regions during the Intensive Field Phase - 99 of the INDOEX programme, Curr. Sci., 80, 89-96, 2001

35. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Auromeet Saha and K Niranjan, Spatial Variation of Aerosol

Spectral Optical Depth and Columnar Water Vapour Content over the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean during the IFP of INDOEX, Curr. Sci., 80, 145-150, 2001

36. K. Parameswaran, PR Nair, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, BVK Murthy, SRP Nair, K Revathy, K

Satheesan, PB Rao, Y Bhavanikumar, K. Raghunath and M Krishnaiah, Lidar Observations of aerosol layers just below the tropopause level during IFP-INDOEX, Curr. Sci., 80, 166-170, 2001.

37. Preetha S. Pillai and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol mass-size distributions at a tropical coastal environment: response to mesoscale and synoptic processes, Atmos Env, 35/24, 4099-4112, August 2001.

38. S. Suresh Babu and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Anthropogenic impact on aerosol black carbon

mass concentration at a tropical coastal station: A case study, Curr. Sci., 81 (9), 1208-1214, 2001.

39. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, A. Saha, BSN Prasad, K. Niranjan, D Jhurry and Preetha S Pillai,

Aerosol optical depths over peninsular India and adjoining oceans during the INDOEX campaigns: spatial, temporal and spectral characteristics, J. Geophys. Res., 106,(D22), 28539-28554, 2001.

40. S K Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and Indrani Das, Aerosol spectral optical depths over

the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, Curr. Sci., 81, 1617-1625, 2001. 41. Preetha S Pillai, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and S Suresh babu, A study of PM, PM10 and

PM2.5 concentration at a tropical coastal station, Atmospheric Research, 61 (2), 149-167, 2002.

42. S Suresh Babu, SK Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol radiative forcing due to

enhanced black carbon at an urban site in India, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(), doi:10.1029/

2002GL015179, 25 September 2002.

43. Das, I., M. Mohan and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Detection of marine aerosols with IRS P4-Ocean Colour Monitor, Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3, 425-435, December 2002.

44. Babu, S. S., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol black carbon over a tropical coastal station in

India, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(23), 2098, 13-1 to 13-4, doi:10.1029/2002GL015662, 05 December 2002

45. S. K. Satheesh, V. Ramanathan, B. N. Holben, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, N. G. Loeb, H.

Maring, J. M. Prospero, and D. Savoie, Chemical, microphysical, and radiative effects of Indian Ocean aerosols, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D23), 4725, 20-1 to 20-13, doi: 10.1029/ 2002JD002463, 14 December 2002

46. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S Babu, and S. K. Satheesh Aerosol spectral optical depths

over the Bay of Bengal: Role of transport, Geophys. Res. Lett, 30 (5), 1249, 53-1 to 53-4, doi:10.1029/2002GL016520, 2003.

47. Sasi, M.N., B.V.K Murthy, G. Ramkumar, K Satheeshan, K. Parameswaran., K. Rajeev.,

S.V. Sunilkumar, PR Nair, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Y Bhavnikumar, K. Raghunath, AR Jain, PB Rao, M Krishnaiah, SRP Nayar, K. Revathy and S Devanarayanan, A Study of equatorial wave characteristics using rockets, balloons, lidar and radar, Paper No: A-00225, Adv. Space Res., 32 (5), 813-818, doi 10.1016/S0273-1177(03) 00412-5, 2003.

48. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Preetha S. Pillai and S. Suresh Babu, Influence of changes in the

prevailing synoptic conditions on the response of aerosol characteristics to land- and sea-breeze circulations at a coastal station, Boundary-Layer Meterol, 108, 145-161, 2003.

49. V. Vinoj, S. Suresh Babu, S. K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and Y. J. Kaufman

Radiative forcing by aerosols over the Bay of Bengal region derived from shipborne, island-based, and satellite (Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) observations, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D5, D05203, 10.1029/2003JD004329, 2004.

50. K. Madhavi Latha, KVS Badrinath, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY. Impact of diesel

vehicular emissions on ambient black carbon concentration at an urban location in India, Curr. Sci., 86(3), 451-453, 2004.

51. S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and SK Satheesh, Aerosol black carbon over

Arabian Sea during inter monsoon and summer monsoon seasons, Geophys. Res. Lett.,

31(6), L06104, 10.1029/2003GL018716, 17 March 2004 52. Auromeet Saha and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Impact of Precipitation on Aerosol Spectral

Optical Depth and Retrieved Size Distributions: A Case Study, J. Appl. Meteorol., 43(6),

902-914, 2004 53. Ram Sagar, Brijesh Kumar, U.C. Dumka, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and P. Pant,

Characteristics of Aerosol Spectral Optical Depths over Manora Peak - A High Altitude Station in the Central Himalayas, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D6, D06207 10.1029/2003JD003954, 23 March 2004

54. M Krishnaiah, VJP Raju, Y B Kumar, K. Raghunath, V Sivakumar, PB Rao, BVK Murthy,

MN Sasi, K Parameswaran, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and PR Nair, Lidar observations of middle atmosphere temperature variability over low latitude, Ind. J Radio & Space Phys., 33, 50-57, 2004

55. E. Sumanth, K. Mallikarjuna, Joshi Stephen, Mahesh Moole, V. Vinoj, S. K. Satheesh, and

K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Measurements of aerosol optical depths and black carbon over Bay of Bengal during post-monsoon season, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L16115, doi:10.1029/ 2004GL020681, 2004

56. Vinoj,V, S.K. Satheesh, S. Suresh Babu, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Large Aerosol

Optical Depths Observed at an Urban Location in Southern India associated with Rain-Deficit Summer Monsoon Season, Ann. Geophys., 22, 3073-3077, 2004.

57. K. Parameswaran, S.V. Sunilkumar, K. Rajeev, Prabha R Nair and K. KRISHNA

MOORTHY, Boundary layer aerosols at Trivandrum tropical coast, Adv. Space Res., 34 (4), 838-844, doi: 10.1016/Jasr.2003.08.059, 2004.

58. Preetha S. Pillai, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY Size distribution of near surface aerosols and its relation to the columnar Aerosol Optical Depths - Response to airmass types, Ann.

Geophys., 22, 3347-3351, 2004. 59. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S. Babu, S. V. Sunilkumar, P K. Gupta, and B. S. Gera,

Altitude profiles of aerosol BC, derived from aircraft measurements over an inland urban location in India, Geophys.Res Lett, vol. 31, L22103, doi:10.1029/2004gl021336, 2004

60. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S. Babu, and S. K. Satheesh, Aerosol characteristics and

Radiative Impacts over the Arabian Sea during the Intermonsoon Season: Results from the ARMEX field campaign, J. Atmos. Sci., 62(1), 192-206, 2005

61. Babu, SS, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and SK Satheesh, First observations of aerosol black

carbon over coastal Arabian Sea during ARMEX, Mausam, 56, 287-292, January 2005

62. SK Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Radiative Effects of Natural Aerosols: A

Review, Atmospheric Environment, 39, 2089-2110, 2005 63. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S.V. Sunilkumar, P S Pillai, K. Parameswaran,P R Nair, Y N

Ahmed, K. Ramgopal, K. Narasimhulu, R R Reddy, V. Vinoj, S.K. Satheesh,K. Niranjan, B. M Rao, P.S. Brahmanandam, A Saha, K.V.S. Badarinath, T.R. Kiranchand and K. M Latha, Wintertime Spatial Characteristics of Boundary Layer Aerosols over Peninsular India., J. Geophys. Res., 110, D08207, doi: 10.1029/2004JD005520, 1-11, 2005.

64. Auromeet Saha, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and K. Niranjan Inter-Annual Variations of

Aerosol Optical Depth over Coastal India: Relation to Synoptic Meteorology, J. Appl.

Meterol., 44, (7), 1066–1077, 2005 65. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. K. Satheesh, S. Suresh Babu, and Auromeet Saha, Large

latitudinal gradients and temporal heterogeneity in aerosol black carbon and its mass-mixing ratio over southern and northern oceans observed during a trans-continental cruise experiment, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14818, doi:10.1029/2005GL023267, 2005.

66. P. K. Bhuyan, MM Gogoi and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Spectral and Temporal

characteristics of aerosol optical depth over a wet tropical location in the North East India, Adv. Space. Res., 35, 1423-1429, 2005

67. K. Niranjan, B. M. Rao, P.S. Brahmanandam, B.L. Madhavan, V. Sreekanth and K.

KRISHNA MOORTHY, Spatial characteristics of aerosol physical properties over the northeastern parts of peninsular India, Ann. Geophys., 23, 3219-3227, 2005.

68. S. K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Y. J. Kaufman, and T. Takemura Aerosol optical

depth, physical properties and radiative forcing over the Arabian Sea, Meteorol. Atmos.

Phys., 91, (1-4), 45-62, Jan 2006.

69. S.K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Contribution of Sea-Salt to Aerosol Optical Depth over the Arabian Sea derived from MODIS Observations, Geophys. Res.

Lett., 33, L03809, doi:10.1029/2005GL024856, 2006. 70. S.K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity

in Aerosol Properties and Radiative Forcing over Bay of Bengal: Sources and Role of Aerosol Transport" J. Geophys. Res. 111, D08202, doi:10.1029/2005JD006374, 2006.

71. H B. Menon, A A. Lotliker, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and S R. Nayak, Variability of remote

sensing reflectance and implications for optical remote sensing—A study along the eastern and northeastern waters of Arabian Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L15602, doi:10.1029/2006GL026026, 2006

72. P Pant, P. Hegde, UC Dumka, R Sagar, SK Satheesh, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY,

Aerosol Characteristics at a High Altitude Location in Central Himalayas: Optical Properties and Radiative Forcing, J. Geophys. Res, 111, No. D17, D17206, 10.1029/2005JD006768, 2006

73. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and S Suresh Babu, Aerosol Black Carbon over Bay of Bengal,

Observed from an island location, Port Blair: Temporal features and long-range transport, J. Geophys. Res 111, No. D17, D17205, 10.1029/2005JD006855, 2006.

74. U. C. Dumka, S. K. Satheesh, P. Pant, P. Hegde, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Surface

changes in solar irradiance due to aerosols over central Himalayas, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L20809, doi:10.1029/2006GL027814, 2006

75. S. K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Vertical distribution of aerosols

over an urban continental site in India inferred using a micro pulse lidar, Geophys. Res.

Lett., 33, L20816, doi:10.1029/2006GL027729, 2006. 76. K. Niranjan, V. Sreekanth, B. L. Madhavan, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Wintertime

aerosol characteristics at a north Indian site Kharagpur in the Indo-Gangetic plains located at the outflow region into Bay of Bengal, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D24209, doi:10.1029/ 2006JD007635, 2006

77. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S.K. Satheesh, S. Suresh Babu ICARB – An Integrated

Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget over India, invited paper, Proc. SPIE, 6408, 64080P-1,7, 0277-786X/06/$15 · doi: 10.1117/12.696110, 2006

78. S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and S. K. Satheesh Temporal heterogeneity in

aerosol characteristics at a tropical coastal station and the resulting radiative impacts, Proc.

SPIE, 6408, 640813 –1,10, 0277-786X/06/$15 · doi: 10.1117/12.696113, 2006. 79. Vijayakumar S. Nair, Denny P. Alappattu, S. Suresh Babu, P. K. Kunhikrishnan and K.

KRISHNA MOORTHY, Wintertime Characteristics of Aerosol Black Carbon at a North-

Indian Station: Role of Boundary Layer Processes, Proc. SPIE, 6408, 64080T-1, 9, 0277-786X/06/$15 · doi: 10.1117/12.696114, 2006

80. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and S. Suresh Babu, Aerosol black carbon over Bay of Bengal,

observed from an island location, Port Blair: Temporal features and long-range transport, Proc. SPIE, 6408, 64080S –1,7, 0277-786X/06/$15 · doi: 10.1117/12.696109, 2006.

81. S. K. Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY. Multi-angle polarization imager: A satellite

sensor for studies of continental aerosols, Curr. Sci, 92, (2), 174-176, 2007 82. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S. Babu, K. V. S. Badarinath, S. V. Sunilkumar, T. R.

Kiranchand, and Y. N. Ahmed, Latitudinal distribution of aerosol black carbon and its mass fraction to composite aerosols over peninsular India during winter season, Geophys.

Res. Lett., 34, L08802, doi:10.1029/2006GL029150, 2007. 83. S. Sajani, S. Naseema Beegum and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, The role of intraseasonal

oscillations in the evolution of Indian summer monsoon, J.Mar. Atmos. Res., 3, 26-38, 2007.

84. S Sajani, S Naseema Beegum and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, The role of low-frequency

intraseasonal oscillations in the anomalous Indian summer monsoon rainfall of 2002, J.

Earth Sys. Sci., 116, 1-9, 2007. 85. M. M. Gogoi, P. K. Bhuyan, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Possible impact of a major oil-well

fire on aerosol optical depth at Dibrugarh, Curr. Sci., 92, NO. 8,1047-1049, 2007 86. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S. Babu, S. K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan, and C. B. S. Dutt, Dust

absorption over the “Great Indian Desert” inferred using ground-based and satellite remote sensing, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D09206, doi:10.1029/2006JD007690, 2007

87. V. Vinoj, Anjit Anjan, M. Sudhakar, S. K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan, and K. KRISHNA

MOORTHY, Latitudinal variation of aerosol optical depths from northern Arabian Sea to Antarctica, Geophys. Res. Lett, 34, L10807, doi:10.1029/2007GL029419, 2007

88. Abish. B, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and S. Suresh Babu, Aerosol Black Carbon over a

tropical coastal location: response to mesoscale and synoptic scale processes J. Mar.

Atmos. Res. 3, 118-126, 2007 89. Nair, V. S., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, D P. Alappattu, P. K. Kunhikrishnan, S George, P R.

Nair, S. S Babu, B. Abish, S. K. Satheesh, S N Tripathi, K. Niranjan, B. L. Madhavan, V. Srikant, CBS Dutt, K. V. S. Badarinath, and R. R Reddy, Wintertime aerosol character istics over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP): Impacts of local boundary layer processes and long-range transport, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D13205, doi:10.1029/2006JD008099, 2007

90. Tripathi, S.N., A K. Srivastava, S Dey, S.K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, The vertical profile of atmospheric heating rate of black carbon aerosols at Kanpur in northern India, Atmos. Environ. 41, 6909–6915, 2007

91. K. Niranjan, V. Sreekanth, B. L. Madhavan, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol physical

properties and Radiative forcing at the outflow region from the Indo-Gangetic plains during typical clear and hazy periods of wintertime Geophys. Res. Lett, 34, L19805, doi:10.1029/2007GL031224, 2007

92. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, and S. K. Satheesh Temporal heterogeneity in

aerosol characteristics and the resulting radiative impact at a tropical coastal station – Part 1: Microphysical and optical properties, Ann. Geophys., 25, 2293–2308, 2007.

93. S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and S. K. Satheesh Temporal heterogeneity in

aerosol characteristics and the resulting radiative impacts at a tropical coastal station – Part 2: Direct short wave radiative forcing, Ann. Geophys., 25, 2309–2320, 2007

94. S. Naseema Beegum, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, G. Mohan Kumar, S.

Sampath, V.R. Aneesh, Impact of a mountain grassland fire on the concentration of aerosol black carbon and carbon monoxide near the surface at a remote coastal location, Atmos

Res. 88, 46–55, 2008 95. S. Suresh Babu, Vijayakumar S. Nair, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Seasonal changes in

aerosol characteristics over Arabian Sea and their consequence on aerosol short-wave radiative forcing: Results from ARMEX fied campaign, J Atmosph. Solar-Terr. Phys., 70, 820–834,2008.

96. M.M. Gogoi, P.K. Bhuyan, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Estimation of the effect of long

range transport on seasonal variation of aerosol over North-Eastern India, Ann. Geophys., 26, 1365–1377, 2008

97. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S.K. Satheesh, S. Suresh Babu, C.B.S. Dutt, Integrated Campaign

for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB): An Overview, Journal of Earth System An Overview, Journal of Earth System An Overview, Journal of Earth System An Overview, Journal of Earth System

ScienceScienceScienceScience, 117, S1, 243-262, 2008. 98. S. Suresh Babu, S. K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, C. B. S. Dutt, Vijayakumar S

Nair, Denny P Alappattu and P K Kunhikrishnan, Aircraft Measurements of Aerosol Black carbon from a coastal location in the north-east part of peninsular India during ICARB, , , , Journal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System Science, 117, S1, 263-271, 2008.

99. S Naseema Beegum, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Vijayakumar S Nair, S Suresh Babu, S K

Satheesh, V Vinoj, R Ramakrishna Reddy, K Rama Gopal, K V S Badarinath, K Niranjan, Santosh Kumar Pandey, M Behera, A Jeyaram, P K Bhuyan, M M Gogoi, Sacchidanand Singh, P Pant, U C Dumka, Yogesh Kant, J C Kuniyal, Darshan Singh. Characteristics of Spectral Aerosol Optical Depths over India during ICARB, Journal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System Science, 117, S1, 303-313, 2008

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101. U. C. Dumka, S. K. Satheesh, P. Pant, P. Hegde, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Reply to

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102. Vijayakumar S Nair, S. Suresh Babu, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Spatial distribution and

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103. L A K Reddy, U C Kulshrestha, J Satyanarayana, Monika J Kulshrestha and K. KRISHNA

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104. Marina Aloysius, Mannil Mohan, S. Suresh Babu, Vijayakumar S Nair, K. Parameswaran

and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Influence of circulation parameters on the AOD variations over the Bay of Bengal during ICARB, Journal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System Science, 117, S1, 2353-360, 2008.

105. V. Vinoj, S.K. Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol Characteristics at a Remote

Island: Minicoy in Southern Arabian Sea, Journal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System ScienceJournal of Earth System Science, 117, S1, 389-397, 2008.

106. U. C. Dumka, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, P. Pant, P. Hegde, Ram Sagar, and K. Pandey,

Physical and Optical Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosols During ICARB at Manora Peak, Nainital: A Sparsely Inhabited, High-altitude Location in the Himalayas, Journal of Journal of Journal of Journal of

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in the marine atmospheric boundary layer over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea during ICARB: Spatial distribution and latitudinal and longitudinal gradients, Journal of

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sea surface winds on marine aerosol characteristics and impacts on longwave radiative forcing over the Arabian Sea, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 8, 1-45, 2008.

109. S. K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, V. Vinoj, and C. B. S. Dutt Climate implications of large warming by elevated aerosol over India, Geophysical

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S. Naseema Beegum, C. B. S. Dutt, D. P. Alappattu, and P. K. Kunhikrishnan, Vertical structure and horizontal gradients of aerosol extinction coefficients over coastal India inferred from airborne lidar measurements during the Integrated Campaign for Aerosol, Gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB) field campaign, Journal of Geophysical Research,

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112. Beegum, S. N., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S. Babu, R. R. Reddy, and K. R. Gopal, Large

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113. A. Smirnov, B. N. Holben, I. Slutsker, D. M. Giles, C. R. McClain, T. F. Eck, S. M.

Sakerin, A. Macke, P. Croot, G. Zibordi, P. K. Quinn, J. Sciare, S. Kinne, M. Harvey, T. J. Smyth, S. Piketh, T. Zielinski, A. Proshutinsky, J. I. Goes, N. B. Nelson, P. Larouche, V. F. Radionov, P. Goloub, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, R. Matarrese, E. J. Robertson, and F. Jourdin, Maritime Aerosol Network as a component of Aerosol Robotic Network, Journal

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116. V. Vinoj and S.K. Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol characteristics at a

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117. M. Aloysius, M. Mohan, S. Suresh Babu, K. Parameswaran, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY,

Validation of MODIS derived aerosol optical depth and an investigation on aerosol transport over the South East Arabian Sea during ARMEX-II, Ann. Geophys., 27, 2285–2296, 2009

118. Gogoi M M, PK Bhuyan, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, An investigation of aerosol size distribution properties at Dibrugarh: Northeastern India, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., Vol. 20, No. 3, 521-533, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2008.06.11.01(A), 2009

119. Hiren Jethva, SK Satheesh, J Srinivasan, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, How good is the

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121. K. Raghavendra Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, G. Balakrishnaiah, B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K.

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123. S. Naseema Beegum, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu Aerosol microphysics over a tropical coastal station inferred from the spectral dependence of Angstrom wavelength exponent and inversion of spectral aerosol optical depths Journal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and Solar----

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125. S. K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and Vijayakumar S.

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126. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Vijayakumar S. Nair, S. Suresh Babu and S. K. Satheesh, Spatial

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127. K. Raghavendra Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, G. Balakrishnaiah, B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K.

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128. V. Vinoj, S. K. Satheesh, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Optical, radiative, and source

characteristics of aerosols at Minicoy, a remote island in the southern Arabian Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D01201, doi:10.1029/2009JD011810, 2010.

129. U.C. Dumka, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Rajesh Kumar, P. Hegde, Ram Sagar, P. Pant,

Narendra Singh, S. Suresh Babu, Characteristics of aerosol black carbon mass concentration over a high altitude location in the Central Himalayas from multi-year measurements, Atmospheric Research, 96, 510–521, 2010

130. Chaubey, J. P., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Vijayakumar S. Nair, and A. Tiwari, Black carbon aerosols over coastal Antarctica and its scavenging by snow during the Southern Hemispheric summer, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115Journal of Geophysical Research, 115Journal of Geophysical Research, 115Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D10210, doi:10.1029/2009JD013381, 2010.

131. S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and S. K. Satheesh, Vertical and Horizontal Gradients in Aerosol Black Carbon and Its Mass Fraction to Composite Aerosols over the East Coast of Peninsular India from Aircraft Measurements, Advances in MeteorologyAdvances in MeteorologyAdvances in MeteorologyAdvances in Meteorology, 2010201020102010, Article ID 812075, 7 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/812075, 2010

132. D. G. Kaskaoutis, M. C. R. Kalapureddy, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, P. C. S. Devara, P. T. Nastos, P. G. Kosmopoulos, and H. D. Kambezidis, Heterogeneity in pre-monsoon aerosol types over the Arabian Sea deduced from ship-borne measurements of spectral AODs, Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsAtmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsAtmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 4893–4908, doi:10.5194/acp-10-4893-2010, 2010.

133. Binita Pathak, Gayatry Kalita, K. Bhuyan, P. K. Bhuyan, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY Aerosol temporal characteristics and its impact on shortwave radiative forcing at a location in the northeast of India, Journal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical Research, 115, D19204, doi:10.1029/2009JD013462, 14 pages, 2010

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135. S.K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Radiative effects of aerosols at an urban location in southern India: Observations versus model, Atmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric Environment, 44, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.07.020, 2010.

136. S. K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Assessment of Aerosol Radiative Impact over Oceanic Regions Adjacent to Indian Subcontinent Using Multisatellite Analysis, Advances in MeteorologyAdvances in MeteorologyAdvances in MeteorologyAdvances in Meteorology, Volume 2010, Article ID 139186, 13 pages, doi:10.1155/2010/139186, 2010

137. Nair, V. S., S. K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, P. R. Nair, and Susan. K. George, Surprising observation of large anthropogenic aerosol fraction over the “near

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138. S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and S. K. Satheesh, Latitudinal gradient in aerosol properties over the Indian and Southern Oceans during the austral summer, Current Current Current Current

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139. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. N. Beegum, S. S. Babu, A. Smirnov, S. R. John, K. R. Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, C. B. S. Dutt, and V. S. Nair, Optical and physical characteristics of Bay of Bengal aerosols during W‐ICARB: Spatial and vertical heterogeneities in the marine atmospheric boundary layer and in the vertical column, Journal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical Research, 115, D24213, doi:10.1029/2010JD014094, 2010.

140. K. Raghavendra Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, G. Balakrishnaiah, B. S K Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, R.R. Reddy, L.S.S. Reddy, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, C.B.S. Dutt, Spatial heterogeneities in aerosol properties over Bay of Bengal inferred from ship-borne and MODIS observations during ICARB-W cruise campaign: Implications to radiative forcing, Atmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric Environment, 45, 404-412, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.004, 2011

141. Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, S Suresh Babu, K KRISHNA MOORTHY, Inter-comparison of aerosol optical depths from the multi-wavelength solar radiometer with other radiometric measurements, Indian Journal of Radio & Space PhysicsIndian Journal of Radio & Space PhysicsIndian Journal of Radio & Space PhysicsIndian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, 39, 364-371, 2010.

142. Harilal B. Menon, Nutan Sangekar, Aneesh Lotliker, K KRISHNA MOORTHY, and Ponnumani Vethamony, Aerosol optical thickness and spatial variability along coastal andoffshore waters of the eastern Arabian Sea, ICES Journal of Marine ScienceCES Journal of Marine ScienceCES Journal of Marine ScienceCES Journal of Marine Science, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsq191, 2011.

143. S. Suresh Babu, V. Sreekanth, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Mannil Mohan, N.V.P. Kirankumar, D. Bala Subrahamanyam, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, Naseema Beegum, Jai Prakash Chaubey, V.H. Arun Kumar, Ravi K. Manchanda, Vertical profiles of aerosol black carbon in the atmospheric boundary layer over a tropical coastal station: Perturbations during an annular solar eclipse, Atmospheric ResearchAtmospheric ResearchAtmospheric ResearchAtmospheric Research, 99, 471-478, doi:10.1016/ j.atmosres.2010.11.019, 2011

144. Jai Prakash Chaubey, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, and Vijayakumar S. Nair, The optical and physical properties of atmospheric aerosols over the Indian Antarctic stations during southern hemispheric summer of the International Polar Year 2007–2008, Annales GeophysicaeAnnales GeophysicaeAnnales GeophysicaeAnnales Geophysicae, 29, doi:10.5194/angeo-29-109-2011, 109–121, 2011

145. G. Balakrishnaiah, K. Raghavendra kumar, B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, R. R. Reddy, L.S.S. Reddy, Y. Nazeer Ahammed, K. Narasimhulu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Analysis of optical properties of atmospheric aerosols inferred from spectral AODs and Ångström wavelength exponent, Atmospheric Environment,Atmospheric Environment,Atmospheric Environment,Atmospheric Environment, 45, 1275 – 1285, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.002, 2011.

146. K. Raghavendra Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, G. Balakrishnaiah, B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, R.R. Reddy, S.K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Characterization of aerosol black carbon over a tropical semi-arid region of Anantapur, India, Atmospheric ResearchAtmospheric ResearchAtmospheric ResearchAtmospheric Research, 100, 12–27, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.12.009, 2011.

147. Mukunda M. Gogoi, Binita Pathak, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Pradip K. Bhuyan, S. Suresh Babu, Kalyan Bhuyan, Gayatri Kalita, Multi-year investigations of near surface and columnar aerosols over Dibrugarh, northeastern location of India: Heterogeneity in source impacts, Atmospheric Environment 45Atmospheric Environment 45Atmospheric Environment 45Atmospheric Environment 45, 1714 – 1724, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.12.056, 2011

148. P. R. Sinha, R. K.Manchanda, J.V.Subbarao, U.C.Dumka, S.Sreenivasan, S. SureshBabu, K.KRISHNA MOORTHY, Spatial distribution and vertical structure of the MABL aerosols over Bay of Bengal during winter: Results from W-ICARB experiment, Journal of Journal of Journal of Journal of

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150. Babu, S. S., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, R. K. Manchanda, P. R. Sinha, S. K. Satheesh, D. P. Vajja, S. Srinivasan, and V. H. A. Kumar, Free tropospheric black carbon aerosol measurements using high altitude balloon: Do BC layers build “their own homes” up in the atmosphere?, Geophysical Research LettGeophysical Research LettGeophysical Research LettGeophysical Research Lettersersersers, 38, L08803, doi:10.1029/2011GL046654, 2011.

151. V. Sreekanth, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. K. Satheesh, S. Suresh Babu, V. S. Nair, and K. Niranjan, Airborne measurements of aerosol scattering properties above the MABL over Bay of Bengal duringW ICARB – characteristics and spatial gradients, Ann. GeophysAnn. GeophysAnn. GeophysAnn. Geophys., 29, 1–14, 2011, www.ann-geophys.net/29/1/2011/ doi:10.5194/angeo-29-1-2011

152. S.K. Satheesh,V. Vinoj, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY Weekly periodicities of aerosol properties observed at an urban location in India, AtmospheAtmospheAtmospheAtmospheric Researchric Researchric Researchric Research, 101, 307–313, 2011B.

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155. G. Balakrishnaiah, K. Raghavendra Kumar, B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, C. Swamulua, K. Rama Gopal, R.R. Reddy, L.S.S. Reddy, Y. Nazeer Ahammed, K. Narasimhulu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Anthropogenic impact on the temporal variations of

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156. P.R. Sinha, R.K. Manchanda, D.G. Kaskaoutis, S. Sreenivasan, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Spatial heterogeneities in aerosol size distribution over Bay of Bengal during Winter-ICARB Experiment, Atmospheric Environment,Atmospheric Environment,Atmospheric Environment,Atmospheric Environment, 45, 4695–4706, doi:10.1016/ j.atmosenv.2011.04.085, 2011.

157. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, V. Sreekanth, J P Chaubey, M M. Gogoi, S. S Babu, Sobhan KK, S. P. Bagare, BC. Bhatt, V K. Gaur, T. P. Prabhu, and N. S. Singh Fine and ultrafine particles at a near–free tropospheric environment over the high‐altitude station Hanle in the Trans‐Himalaya: New particle formation and size distribution, Journal of Geophysical Journal of Geophysical Journal of Geophysical Journal of Geophysical

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Kumar, S. Suresh Babu, M. Mohan, Short period variations of the aerosol mass concentrations over Bay of Bengal: Association with quasi-periodic variations in the Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer parameters and fluxes,,,, Journal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and Solar----

Terrestrial Physics, 77Terrestrial Physics, 77Terrestrial Physics, 77Terrestrial Physics, 77, 78–84, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2011.11.012, 2012 166. H.D. Kambezidis, D.G. Kaskaoutis, S. K Kharol, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S.K. Satheesh,

M.C.R. Kalapureddy, K.V.S. Badarinath, Anu Rani Sharma, M. Wild Multi-decadal variation of the net downward shortwave radiation over south Asia: The solar dimming effect, Atmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric Environment, 50, 360-372, 2012.

167. B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K. Raghavendra Kumar, G. Balakrishnaiah, K. Rama Gopal, R.R.

Reddy, L.S.S. Reddy, Y. Nazeer Ahammed, K. Narasimhulu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu Potential Source Regions Contributing to Seasonal Variations of Black Carbon Aerosols over Anantapur in Southeast India, Aerosol and Air Quality ResearchAerosol and Air Quality ResearchAerosol and Air Quality ResearchAerosol and Air Quality Research, 12: 344–358, 2012 doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.10.0159

168. Babu, S. S., M. M. Gogoi, V. H. A. Kumar, V. S. Nair, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Radiative properties of Bay of Bengal aerosols: Spatial distinctiveness and source impacts, Journal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical ResearchJournal of Geophysical Research, 117, D06213, doi:10.1029/2011JD017355, 2012.

169. S. Naseema Beegum, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Mukunda M. Gogoi, S. Suresh Babu, and S.

K. Pandey, Multi-year investigations of aerosols from an island station, Port Blair, in the Bay of Bengal: climatology and source impacts, AnnAnnAnnAnnalsalsalsals GeophysGeophysGeophysGeophysicaeicaeicaeicae, 30, 1113–1127, doi:10.5194/angeo-30-1113-2012, 2012.

170. S Sajani, K KRISHNA MOORTHY, K Rajendran and Ravi S Nanjundiah, Monsoon

sensitivity to aerosol direct radiative forcing in the community atmosphere model, Journal of Earth System Science, 121, August 2012, 867–889, 2012.

171. Sinha PR, Dumka UC, Manchanda RK, Kaskaoutis DG, Sreenivasan S, K. KRISHNA

MOORTHY, Suresh Babu S., Contrasting aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing over Hyderabad, India due to seasonal mesoscale and synoptic-scale processes, Quarterly Journal Quarterly Journal Quarterly Journal Quarterly Journal

of the Royal Meteorological Societyof the Royal Meteorological Societyof the Royal Meteorological Societyof the Royal Meteorological Society, DOI:10.1002/qj.1963, 2012.

172. Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Vijayakumar S. Nair, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Jai Prakash Chaubey, Seasonal variation in the spatial distribution of aerosol black carbon over Bay of Bengal: A synthesis of multi-campaign measurements, Atmospheric EnviroAtmospheric EnviroAtmospheric EnviroAtmospheric Environmentnmentnmentnment, 64, 366-373, doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.073, 2013.

173. R.K. Choudhary, K. Rajeev, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and R. Sridharan, Ionospheric impact on the geopotential height profile of the temperature by balloon-borne GPS-

Radiosondes? Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 40, 1-6 doi:10.1029/2012GL054359, 2013.

174. S. K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu and J. Srinivasan, Unusual aerosol characteristics at Challakere in Karnataka, Current ScienceCurrent ScienceCurrent ScienceCurrent Science, 104, 615-621, 2013.

175. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Naseema Beegum, N. Srivastava, S.K. Satheesh, Mian Chin, Nadege Blond, S. Suresh Babu, S. Singh, Performance evaluation of chemistry transport models over India, Atmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric Environment, 71, 210-225, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.01.056, 2013.

176. Mukunda M. Gogoi, S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, M.R. Manoj, Jai Prakash Chaubey, Absorption characteristics of aerosols over the northwestern region of India: Distinct seasonal signatures of biomass burning aerosols and mineral dust, Atmospheric Atmospheric Atmospheric Atmospheric

Environment,Environment,Environment,Environment, 73, 92-102, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.009, 2013.

177. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, M. R. Manoj, and S. K. Satheesh, Buildup of aerosols over the Indian Region, GeophysGeophysGeophysGeophysical Research Lettersical Research Lettersical Research Lettersical Research Letters, 40, 1011–1014, doi:10.1002/grl.50165, 2013.

178. S. K. Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, AEROSAT – a space-borne sensor for continental aerosols: evaluation of the conceptual model, Current ScienceCurrent ScienceCurrent ScienceCurrent Science, 104, 1008-1011, 2013.

179. C. Suresh Raju, R. Renju, Tinu Antony, Nizy Mathew, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Microwave Radiometric Observation of a Waterspout Over Coastal Arabian Sea, IEEE IEEE IEEE IEEE

GGGGeoscience and remote sensing letterseoscience and remote sensing letterseoscience and remote sensing letterseoscience and remote sensing letters, ,10.1109/LGRS.2012.2229960, 2013.

180. Satheesh, S.K., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and J Srinivasan, New Directions: Elevated layers of anthropogenic aerosols aggravate stratospheric ozone loss? Atmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric EnvironmentAtmospheric Environment, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.052, 2013.

181. Tinu Antony, C. Suresh Raju, Nizy Mathew, Korak Saha, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, A Detailed Study of Land Surface Microwave Emissivity Over the Indian Subcontinent, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote SensingIEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2013.

182. Jai Prakash Chaubey, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Mukunda M. Gogoi, Spatio-temporal variations in aerosol properties over the oceanic regions between coastal India and Antarctica, Journal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and SolarJournal of Atmospheric and Solar----terrestrial Physicsterrestrial Physicsterrestrial Physicsterrestrial Physics, 2013.

CHAPTERS IN BOOK

1. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol Climatology over India, IGBP in India 2000- A status

report on projects, Eds. B. Narasimha, IP Abrol, George Joseph, SWA Naqvi, DC Parashar, PB Rao, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 160-176, 2000.

2. GS Bhat, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and SN Tripathi, Cloud systems and Aerosols, Chapter 3, Continental Tropical Convergence Zone, pp71-102, Government of India, ISBN 978-81-7525-997-3, 2008

3. M Rajeevan, A Tyagi, M Ravichandran, GS Bhat, VK Dadhwal, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and Sulochana Gadgil, Approach to CTCZ, Chapter 5, Continental Tropical Convergence Zone, pp114-138, Government of India, ISBN 978-81-7525-997-3, 2008

4. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S Suresh Babu, SK Satheesh, Shyam Lal, MM Sarin, S Ramachandran, and CBS Dutt, Climate implications of atmospheric aerosols and trace gases: Indian Scenario, WCCWCCWCCWCC----3 Climate Sense3 Climate Sense3 Climate Sense3 Climate Sense, Ed GR Asrar, World Meteorological Organization, Tudor Rose, UK, ISBN 978-92-63-11403-5, 157-160, 2009.

5. S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S.K. Satheesh, and P.P. Nageswara Rao, Climate implications of atmospheric warming due to aerosol black carbon over the Indian region, Climate ExcClimate ExcClimate ExcClimate Exchangehangehangehange, Eds: Filipe Lúcio and Tamara Avellán, World Meteorological Organization, Tudor Rose, UK, ISBN 978-0-9568561-3-5, 107-110, 2012

GENERAL ARTICLES

1. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY and S Suresh Babu, Black carbon aerosols over India, Black carbon e- bulletin, UNEP, 3, 1-3, December 2011.

2. S Suresh Babu and K KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Climate Change: Synergy of ground based and space borne observations, Signatures, Newsletter,

Indian Society of Remote sensing, 25, 86-91, 2013.

SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL REPORTS 1. Devadoss John, B.V. Krishna Murthy, K. Krishna Moorthy, C. Raghava Reddi, S.

Sukumaran Nair and S. Vaidyanathan, Receivers system of ATS-6 Satellite transmissions for

ionospheric studies, VSSC:TN: 024:77, 1977. 2. K. Krishna Moorthy, B.V. Krishna Murthy and C. Raghava Reddi, Nighttime ionospheric

scintillations at the magnetic equator, VSSC: TR: 46:107:78, 1978. 3. C. Raghava Reddi, K. Krishna Moorthy and B.V. Krishna Murthy, Signal statistics of

equatorial ionospheric scintillations, VSSC: TR: 46:202:80, 1980. 4. D.R. Selvanayagam, K. Krishna Moorthy, Prabha B Nair and A.M. Gurunathan Pillai,

Multiwavelength solar radiometer, SPL:TR:01:1985, May, 1985. 5. K. Krishna Moorthy, Prabha B. Nair and K.O. Rose, Multispectral solar extinction studies

of atmospheric aerosols at Trivandrum, SPL:SR:001:86, 1986. 6. K. Krishna Moorthy, Prabha B Nair, B.V. Krishna Murthy, K.N. Padia, A.K. Shukla, A.K.S

Gopalan, O.P. Bajpai, S. Subramanium, and S. Raghunathan, Modeling of atmospheric

corrections to satellite imagery - a design report, IRS/DP/TN/09, May 1987. 7. K. Krishna Moorthy and Prabha R Nair, Procedure EXTN for MWR data analysis,

SPL:SR:002:88, September 1988. 8. B V Krishna Murthy, K. Parameswaran, K O Rose, M. Satyanarayana, K. Krishna Moorthy,

Prabha R Nair, Y B Acharya, S K Banerjee, J T Vanchi, B H Subbaraya, K S Zalpuri, S C Garg, Thomas John, V V Somayajulu, N.Seshadri, A K Sharma and K T Joseph, ISRO-IMAP-SR-30-88, 1988.

9. K Krishna Moorthy, B V Krishna Murthy and Prabha R Nair, The IMAP multiwavelength

radiometer; system, deployment, status: a report, ISRO-IMAP-SR-38, 1988. 10. Prabha R Nair, K Krishna Moorthy and B V Krishna Murthy, Results of multiwavelength

radiometer studies at Trivandrum, ISRO-IMAP-SR-38, 1988. 11. N.Seshadri, B.P.Srivastava, K. Krishna Moorthy, Prabha R Nair and B V Krishna Murthy,

Multiwavelength radiometer measurements of aerosol optical depth at Jodhpur: an arid

region, ISRO-IMAP-SR-38, 1988. 12. Prabha R Nair, K Krishna Moorthy and B V Krishna Murthy, Effects of atmospheric

aerosols on ground reflected solar radiation for a nadir sensor, SPL:SR:001:91, 1991. 13. M. Satyanarayana, K. Parameswaran, K. Krishna Moorthy, D. Ramakrishna Rao and B.

Presannakumar, Design and Development of Multiwavelength Lidar: Preliminary design

report, SPL:TR:001:91, 1991.

14. K. Krishna Moorthy, Prabha R Nair, B S N Prasad, N Muralikrishnan, H B Gayatri, B

Narasimha Murthy, K Niranjan, Y Ramesh babu, G V Sataynarayana,V V Agashe, G R Aher, Risal Singh and B N Srivastava, Temporal characteristics of the aerosol optical depth over

India: Results from the MWR network of IMAP, Scientific Report,ISRO-IMAP-SR-038-92, ISRO, JULY 1992.

15. K.P.Khosla and K. Krishna Moorthy, PC based control, data acquisition, pre-processing

and data archival system for Multi-Wavelength solar Radiometer, Technical Report, SPL:TR:01:93, October 1993.

16. A. Garg, Y.P Desai, A.K. Shukla, CVS Prakash, K. Krishna Moorthy and Prabha R Nair,

SATCOR - A software for atmospheric correction of IRS-LISS-II and LANDSAT-TM data,

Scientific note, SAC/IPDPG/IPSD/SN-14/1993, 1993. 17. VV Agashe, K. Krishna Moorthy, K. Niranjan, BSN Prasad, BN Srivastava and Risal

Singh, Characteristics of aerosol spectral optical depth over India, IMAP Final Report-III,ISRO-IMAP-SR-43-94, ISRO HQ, Bangalore, Sep. 1994.

18. SK Satheesh and K. Krishna Moorthy, Studies of coastal aerosols over the Arabian Sea

from ship borne and ground based MWR observations during the IRS-P3 validation

experiment, Scientific Report, SPL: SR: 001:96, Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, December, 1996.

19. K. Krishna Moorthy, S.K. Satheesh, and B.V. Krishna Murthy, Results on aerosol

characteristics over tropical Indian Ocean during the INDOEX pre-campaign cruise #109 of

Sagar Kanya, INDOEXi Scientific Report, SR-97-02, Department of Space, Bangalore, August, 1997.

20. K. Parameswaran, K. Krishna Moorthy and Prabha R Nair, Results of the INDOEX Pre-

cruise Inter-comparison Campaign on Aerosols and Minor Constituents (PICAM) at

Trivandrum, Scientific Report, SPL:SR:002:98, September, 1998. 21. K.Krishna Moorthy, K. Niranjan, B. Narasimhamurthy, VV Agashe, and BV Krishna

Murthy, Spatial and temporal characteristics of aerosol spectral optical depths over tropical Indian regions –1: The network and database, Scientific report, ISRO GBP SR 03 99, November 1999.

22. K. Krishna Moorthy and Preetha S Pillai, Aerosol Climatology and Effects-II:

Characteristics of near-surface aerosols at Thumba, ISRO-GBP Sci Report, ISRO-GBP: SR: 06: 2004, March 2004

23. SK Satheesh, K. Krishna Moorthy and J Srinivasan, Introduction to Aerosols and Impacts

on Climate: Basic concepts, ISRO-GBP Sci Report, ISRO-GBP: SR: 05: 2004, March 2004.

24. K. Krishna Moorthy et al., Report on the intercomparison of aerosol measurements at NPL during 28-29 November 2004, ISRO-GBP LC-2, March 2005

III. PROCEEDINGS: 1. B.V. Krishna Murthy, K. Krishna Moorthy, C. Raghava Reddi and S. Vaidyanathan,

Scintillations at the VHF and UHF range, Proc. Symp.on Geophysical uses of satellite beacon observations, BOSTON, USA, 532-547, 1976.

2. K. Krishna Moorthy, Recent results from the MWR on volcanic aerosols, Global Change

Studies, ISRO-GBP-SR-42-94, 41-56,1994. 3. K. Krishna Moorthy, S.K. Satheesh and Prabha R Nair, Studies on the characteristics of

marine aerosols, IASTA Bulletin, 8, 1-9 to 1-13,1995. 4. Rekha Rajan, K. Parameswaran and K. Krishna Moorthy, Seasonal and long term

variations of mixing region aerosol optical depth at Trivandrum, Proc. IGBP symp. on changes in Global Climate due to natural and human activities, Eds. Das and Thakur, Allied Publishers, 75-79, 1997.

5. Prabha R Nair, K. Krishna Moorthy and SK Satheesh, On the climatology of aerosol

columnar size distributions, Proc. IGBP symp. on changes in Global Climate due to natural and human activities, Allied Publishers, 84-87, 1997.

6. K. Krishna Moorthy, Prabha R Nair and SK Satheesh, On the climatology of aerosol optical

depths, Global Change Studies, ISRO: GBP: GSC-02-98, 45-66, 1998. 7. B. Narasimhamurthy, N.V. Raju, M. Tukarama, BSN Prasad and K. Krishna Moorthy

Studies of the temporal and spectral features of atmospheric aerosols over Mysore (12.3( N), Global Change Studies, ISRO: GBP: GSC-02-98, 77-92, 1998.

8. K. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol Climatology Studies over India, Vikram Sarabhai Research

and PRL-award lectures, 57-67, August, 1998. 9. K. Parameswaran and K. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol Characteristics over tropical Indian

Ocean and Arabian Sea, Proc. Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), SASCOM Sci. Rep. 11, Eds: DC Parashar, C. Sharma and AP Mitra, 230-243, 1998.

10. Pillai P. S., and K. Krishna Moorthy, Dependence of aerosol characteristics on surface

meteorological characters over a remote island Minicoy, Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry (Proc. Nat. workshop Atmosph. Chem.), Eds. PCS Devara and PE Raj, 135-139, 1999.

11. K. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol Studies under the INDOEX: an Overview, Advances in

Atmospheric Chemistry (Proc. Nat. workshop Atmosph. Chem.), Eds. PCS Devara and PE

Raj, 167-171, 1999. 12. Auromeet Saha and K. Krishna Moorthy, North – south gradient in aerosol optical depth

over the Indian Ocean during the INDOEX; IASTA bulletin, 13, 94–97, 2000. 13. Parameswaran, K., SV Sunil Kumar, Prabha R Nair, K. Krishna Moorthy, BVK Murthy,

SRP Nair, K Satheeshan, PB Rao, Y Bhavanikumar, K Raghunath, M Krishnaiah, On the structure of clouds below the tropical tropopause, IASTA bulletin, 13, 174-176, 2000.

14. K. Krishna Moorthy, A. Saha and K. S. Appu, Distribution of atmospheric water vapour

over the Arabian Sea and tropical Indian Ocean during the INDOEX - IFP99; Proc.

Tropmet-2000, 421-424, Indian Meteorological Society, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, CUSAT, Kochi-682006, February 2001.

15. K. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol Climatology over India, IGBP in India 2000- A status

report on projects, Eds. B. Narasimha, IP Abrol, George Joseph, SWA Naqvi, DC Parashar, PB Rao, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 160-176, 2000.

16. K. Parameswaran, Rekha Rajan, Prabha R Nair and K. Krishna Moorthy, Seasonal variation

and long term trends in aerosol loading at Trivandrum, in Long term changes and trends in

the atmosphere Volume I, Ed: Gurfan Beig, New Age International (P) ltd., New Delhi, 2000, pp 219-237

17. Preetha S Pillai and K. Krishna Moorthy, Response of near surface aerosol characteristics

to Meso scale and synoptic meteorological processes at a coastal station; Proc.

TROPMET-2000, 627-632, February 2001. 18. K. Krishna Moorthy, Preetha S Pillai and S Suresh Babu, Effect of monsoon activity in

the concentration and size distribution of the near surface aerosols, in Meteorology for

Sustainable Development, Proc. TROPMET-2001, Allied Publishers PVT. Ltd, Mumbai,

622-628, 2002 19. Auromeet Saha and K. Krishna Moorthy, Inter-annual variations in the wintertime

aerosol optical depth over Coastal India: relation to synoptic meteorology, IASTA bulletin,

51-54, 2002. 20. Preetha. S. Pillai and K. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol columnar spectral optical depth and

its association to near surface aerosol properties, IASTA bulletin, 55-58, 2002. 21. R. Sagar, B. Kumar, P. Pant, U.C. Dumka, K. Krishna Moorthy, and R. Sridharan,

Aerosol contents at an altitude of ~ 2 km in Central Himalayas, IASTA bulletin, 167-170,

2002. 22. S. Suresh Babu and K. Krishna Moorthy, Temporal variation of soot over Trivandrum,

IASTA bulletin, 84-87, 2002.

23. S. Suresh Babu, S.K. Satheesh, K. Krishna Moorthy, and V. Vinoj, Aerosol Radiative Forcing over Land due to Black Carbon Aerosols, IASTA bulletin, 88-91, 2002.

24. V. Vinoj, S. K. Satheesh, S. Suresh Babu, and K. Krishna Moorthy, Seasonal Variation of

Aerosol Spectral Optical Depths over Bangalore, IASTA bulletin, 130-133, 2002. 25. H B Menon, M. Mohan, S.R. Nayak and K. Krishna Moorthy, Temporal variation in

aerosol forcing on Radiative transfer and it’s effect on water leaving radiance, IASTA

bulletin, 104-107, 2002.

26. K. Krishna Moorthy Aerosol Black Carbon over Bay of Bengal: Observations from an island location, Port Blair, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 691-692, 2005

27. S Suresh Babu, K. Krishna Moorthy and S. K. Satheesh Large reduction in Aerosol Radiative forcing over Arabian Sea during summer monsoon: Results from ARMEX-II field campaigns, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 529-530, 2005

28. M M Gogoi, P K Bhuyan, P S Pillai and K Krishna Moorthy, Effect of changes in Atmospheric water vapor on Aerosol optical depth over a Sub-tropical location in North East India, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 518-519, 2005

29. K. Krishna Moorthy, S Suresh Babu, S V Sunilkumar, Prabhat K Gupta and B S Gera Altitude Profiles of Aerosol BC, derived from Aircraft Measurements over an Inland Urban Location in India, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 668-669, 2005

30. M.M. Gogoi, P.K. Bhuyan, P.S. Pillai2, K. Krishna Moorthy, Characteristics of aerosol spectral optical depth and a study of Ångström turbidity parameters form solar radiation measurement over Dibrugarh, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 367-368, 2005

31. S. Suresh Babu and K. Krishna Moorthy Aerosol Radiative Forcing over a Tropical Coastal Location in India: Seasonal Heterogeneity, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 507-508, 2005

32. K. Krishna Moorthy, S.K. Satheesh, K. Niranjan, R Ramakrishna Reddy, and K.V.S. Badarinath, Wintertime Spatial characteristics of boundary layer aerosols over peninsular India, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 79-80, 2005

33. Aneesh A. Lotliker, Harilal B. Menon and K. Krishna Moorthy Aerosol characterization in different atmospheric optical domains and mapping Angstom turbidity factor (β) through IRS – P4 – Ocean Colour Monitor, Proc. 4th Asian Aerosol Conference, IASTA Bulletin, 19, 459-460, 2005.

34. MM Gogaoi, PK Bhuyan, PS Pillai, and K. Krishna Moorthy, Association of surface meteorological parameters with aerosol optical depth measured over Dibrugarh, India, Proc. XXVIII URSI General Assembly, 2005

35. S. S Babu, K. Krishna Moorthy, S. K. Satheesh and K. Niranjan, Aircraft measurements of aerosol black carbon from a coastal location in the north-east part of peninsular India during ICARB, IASTA Bulletin, 18, 176-178, 2007.

36. Nair, V. S., S. S Babu, V. Sreekanth, S. S. Reddy, R.R.Reddy, K. Niranjan and K. Krishna Moorthy, Spatial heterogeneities in the mass concentration of near surface aerosols over the Arabian Sea during ICARB, IASTA Bulletin, 18, 290 - 292, 2007.

37. Nair, V. S., S S Babu, and K. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol properties and BC mass mixing ratios over the Arabian Sea during ARMEX 2004, IASTA Bulletin, 18, 325 - 327, 2007.

38. Begam, N., K. Krishna Moorthy, et al., Aerosol Characteristics over India during ICARB, IASTA Bulletin, 18, 298 - 301, 2007

39. Aloysius, M., M Mohan, K. Parameswaran and K. Krishna Moorthy, Generation, transport and distribution features of aerosols over Bay of Bengal during ICARB, IASTA

Bulletin, 18, 318 - 320, 2007

40. Dumka, UC, K. Krishna Moorthy, et al., Altitude profiles of aerosol optical depth, size parapmeters and mass concentration of BC over Nainital in the Himalayas, IASTA

Bulletin, 18,287-289, 2007

IV. PUBLISHED LECTURES 1. K.. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol Climatology Studies over India, Vikram Sarabhai Research

and PRL-award lectures, PRL, Ahmedabad, 57-67, August, 1998. 2. K. Krishna Moorthy, Atmospheric aerosols – continental and marine, Second SERC School

on Cloud Physics and Atmospheric Electricity – frontiers, IITM, Pune, Volume 1, 89-103, 7 June to 5 July 2001.

3. K. Krishna Moorthy, Aerosol Removal Processes, Second SERC School on Cloud Physics

and Atmospheric Electricity – frontiers, IITM, Pune, Volume 1, 104-114, 7 June to 5 July 2001.

4. Two lectures, delivered in the first SERC School on Cloud Physics and Atmospheric Electricity, Organized by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 13 June- 14 July, 2000.

5. Two lectures, delivered in the second SERC School on Cloud Physics and Atmospheric Electricity, Organized by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 13 June- 14 July, 2001.

PH. D WORKS GUIDED 1.1.1.1. Studies of Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosols over the Coastal and Marine

Environment, By SK Satheesh, UNIVERSITY of Kerala, April 1998. (Degree awarded in 1999)

2.2.2.2. Investigations of Physical Characteristics of Near-surface Aerosols at a Coastal Station, BY Preetha S Pillai, University of Kerala, December 2002

(Degree awarded in 2003)

3.3.3.3. Investigations of aerosol Characteristics over Arabian Sea, Tropical Indian Ocean and Coastal India during Northern Winter By Auromeet Saha, Andhra University, October 2003

(Degree awarded in 2004)

4.4.4.4. Investigations of Atmospheric Aerosol Characteristics and Short-wave Radiative Forcing over Distinct Environments of India By S Suresh Babu, University of Kerala, 2005

(Degree awarded in 2005)

5.5.5.5. Characteristics of Aaerosol Spectral Optical depthjs over Nainital – A high altitude station

in the Shivalik Ranges of Central Himalayas”, Ph. D Thesis by Umesh Chandra Dumka, Kumaun University, Nainital, 2008.

(Degree awarded in 2008)

6.6.6.6. “Radiative Forcing due to Atmospheric Aerosols over the Oceanic Regions around the Indian Subcontinent” Ph. D Thesis by Vijayakumar S Nair, University of Kerala, 2009.

(Degree awarded in 2010)

7.7.7.7. “MultiMultiMultiMulti----station Synthesis of Aerosol Characteristics over India: Spatiostation Synthesis of Aerosol Characteristics over India: Spatiostation Synthesis of Aerosol Characteristics over India: Spatiostation Synthesis of Aerosol Characteristics over India: Spatio----temporal Heterogeneity and temporal Heterogeneity and temporal Heterogeneity and temporal Heterogeneity and

Natural VariabilitiesNatural VariabilitiesNatural VariabilitiesNatural Variabilities” Ph. D Thesis by Naseema Beegum S, University of Kerala, 2010. (Degree awarded in 2011)

8.8.8.8. “Aerosol Characteristics over Pristine Aerosol Characteristics over Pristine Aerosol Characteristics over Pristine Aerosol Characteristics over Pristine EnvironEnvironEnvironEnvironmentsmentsmentsments: Polar and Himalayan Regions: Polar and Himalayan Regions: Polar and Himalayan Regions: Polar and Himalayan Regions” Ph. D

Thesis by Jai Prakash Chaubey, University of Kerala, 2013. (Degree awarded in 2013)