Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. G. Pandithurai

Designation

: Scientist G

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904251

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: pandit[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Atmospheric Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions; Radar remote sensing; Atmospheric Radiation

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
Ph.D	University of Pune	1998	Aerosol studies using Lidar and Radiometric techniques
PGDCA	American College	1989	Computer Science
M.Sc	Alagappa University	1987	Physics
B.Sc	Madurai Kamaraj	1985	Physics, Maths, Electronics

Research

Atmospheric Aerosol Measurements

Aerosol radiative forcing

Aerosol-cloud interactions

Active and Passive Remote Sensing

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year
4th Golden Jubilee Award of IITM	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology	Outstanding research contributions	2018
Dev Raj Sikka Best Paper Award	SkymetWeather Services	Best Research paper	2018
Member	Satellite Study Team for Meteorology, ISRO	Expert in the Field	2016
Certificate of Merit	Ministry of Earth Sciences	Outstanding contributions in Atmospheric Science and Technology	2014
JSPS Invitation Fellowship	JSPS	To conduct research in Japan	2008-09
Secretary, IMS Pune Chapter			2005-07
Das Gupta Award	Indian Met. Society	Best Research paper	1999
Post-Doctoral Fellow	University of Maryland	To conduct research	1998-2000
7th IITM Silver Jubilee	IITM	Best Research Paper	1994
6th IITM Silver Jubilee award	IITM	Best Research Paper	1993

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2023-Present	Scientist G and Project Director (ARTs)	IITM, Pune
2018-2023	Scientist F and Project Director (ARTs)	IITM, Pune
2013-2018	Scientist E and Project Director (PDTC/HACPL)	IITM, Pune
2009-2013	Scientist D	IITM, Pune
2008-2009	JSPS Visiting Scientist	CEReS, Chiba University, Japan
2003-2008	Scientist C	IITM, Pune
2000-2003	Scientist B	IITM, Pune
1998-2000	Post Doctoral Fellow	University of Maryland, College Park, USA
1995-2000	Junior Scientific Officer	IITM, Pune
1990-1995	Senior Scientific Asst	IITM, Pune

Research Highlight

Investigation of aerosol indirect effects on monsoon clouds using ground-based measurements over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats

The effect of aerosols on cloud droplet number concentration and droplet effective radius is investigated from ground-based measurements over a high-altitude site where clouds pass over the surface. First aerosol indirect effect (AIE) estimates were made using (i) relative changes in cloud droplet number concentration (AIEn) and (ii) relative changes in droplet effective radius (AIEs) with relative changes in aerosol for different cloud liquid water contents (LWCs).

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Honours

Invited as an Expert to review and recommend the atmospheric science proposals to Arctic Campaign by NCAOR, Goa during 27-28 April 2016
Chaired a session on 'Aerosol remote sensing', IASTA-2016. PRL, Ahmedabad, 06-08 December 2016
Chaired a session on 'Radar data assimilation', IRAD-2017, IIT Kharagpur, during 08-11 January 2017
Elected as a Treasurer India Radar Meteorological Society

Important Scientific Achievements

Developed a cross-covariance retrieval method to estimate wind speed and direction from a laser scintillometer measurements (J. IETE,1994, Won 7^th IITM Silver Jubilee award).

Passive sun photometric and for the first time high spectral resolution radiometric techniques and retrieval procedures were augmented at the Institute to complement the nighttime lidar-derived aerosol loadings (J. Aerosol Science, 1996, J. Instrument soc India, 1999; Won IMS Das Gupta Award).

Developed an iterative procedure to retrieve simultaneously aerosol size distribution and refractive index from bistatic lidar angular scattering measurements (J. Remote sens of Env., 1996).

Dust aerosol model was developed for Harmattan season over Sub-sahel using AERONET sun/skyradiometric data sets (J. Geophys. Res. 2002).

For the first time in the country, a SKYNET (Asian aerosol-radiation network) site established at Pune and using simultaneous aerosol and radiation measurements, an observational estimate of aerosol radiative forcing has been reported (Geophys Res. Lett, 2004).

Seasonal asymmetry in diurnal variation of aerosol loading over western India has been discovered from the diurnal departure percentage analysis and supported with MODIS Terra and Aqua satellite analysis (J. Geophys. Res, 2007).

Detailed radiative –transfer scheme was introduced in the ABL model and utilized LASPEX datasets to study the evolution of ABL and other turbulent fluxes for different aerosol absorption levels (Atmos Environ, 2008).

Dust aerosol radiative characteristics and its effect on radiation has been studied using a sun/skyradiometer over New Delhi for the dust episodes of year 2006. Higher aerosol induced atmospheric heating has been estimated due to elevated dust layers with pollution (J. Geophys Res., 2008).

Grants received

Principal Investigator

Aerosol optical characterization and investigation of aerosol radiative forcing at the surface and at the TOA (2002-2005), DST.
Lidar sounding of aerosols in the lower atmosphere and their impact on local climate and environment (2002-2006), DST.
Modeling of tropical aerosol radiative forcing using satellite, lidar and radiometric measurements (2003-2007), ISRO

Co-Principal Investigator

Multi-site characterization of tropical aerosol radiative forcing using measurements (2003-2007), ISRO.
Differential absorption lidar for remote sensing of ozone (2001-2004), DST
Aerosol radiative forcing studies at a tropical urban station Pune and high-altitude station, Sinhagad, (2008-2011), ISRO-ARFI

International collaborations:

Collaboration with Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland, USA on aerosol-radiation interactions.
Collaboration with Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS) on surface radiation measurements under SKYNET, an Asian network for aerosol-radiation measurements.

Research papers published in peer-reviewed journals:

Summary of research papers (Source: Google scholar as on 27 June 2024)

Peer-reviewed publications: 177

Total citations: 4216

h-index: 34

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=T-BSLukAAAAJ&hl=en

177. Gawhane R.D., Budhavant K.B., Waghmare V., Mukherjee Subrata, Pandithurai G., Padmakumari B., Chemical composition of cloud and rainwater at a high-altitude mountain site in western India: source apportionment and potential factors, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Online, August 2024, DOI:10.1007/s11356-024-34793-7, 1-11

176. Venkataraman C., Anand A., Maji S., Barman N., Tiwari D., Muduchuru K., …, Yang Lian, Pandithurai G., … et al., Drivers of PM _2.5 episodes and exceedance in India: A synthesis from the COALESCE network, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129: e2024JD040834, July 2024, DOI:10.1029/2024JD040834, 1-18

175. Khadgarai, S.K., S. Patra, Meenu Nair, G. Pandithurai and M.C.R. Kalapureddy (2024): Indian West Coasts extreme rainfall: Sub-daily scale variability, Atmospheric Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107518. (IF=5.5).

174. Subrata Mukherjee, G Pandithurai, Vinayak Waghmare, Anoop S Mahajan, Liselotte Tinel, MY Aslam, GS Meena, Sachin Patil, Pallavi Buchunde, Anil Kumar (2024): Seasonal variability of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at a high-altitude station in the Western Ghats, India: Influence of biogenic, anthropogenic emissions and long-range transport, Atmos. Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120598.

173. Jha, A.K., G.S. Bhat, MCS Kalapureddy, G. Pandithurai (2024): Bias correction of an X-band radar reflectivity to improve spatial rainfall distribution, J. Earth Sys. Sci., 133(2).

172. Chakravarty Kaustav, Patil R.P., Rakshit G., G. Pandithurai (2024): Contrasting features of rainfall microphysics as observed over the coastal and orographic region of western ghat in the inter-seasonal time-scale, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 258: 106221, May 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2024.106221, 1-12

171. Avishek Ray, Moumita Bhowmik, Anupam Hazra and G. Pandithurai (2024): The influence of aerosol hygroscopicity on clouds and precipitation over Western Ghats, India, Quart. J. Royal Met Soc., DOI: 10.1002/qj.4654.

170. Jeni Victor, Pallavi, M. Sebastian,Vijay P. Kanawade, Devendraa Siingh, S.Mukherjee, S. S. Potdar, T. Dharmaraj, and G. Pandithurai (2024), Characteristics of new particle formation events in a mountain semi-rural location in India, Atmos. Environ, Volume 324, 1 May 2024, 120414, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120414

169. Leena, PP, D.J. Mise, E.A. Resmi, V. Anil Kumar, K. Chakravarty, K.S. Nirmin, P. Pradeep Kumar, Rohit P Patil, G. Pandithurai (2024): A Statistical Study on Cloud Base Height Behavior and Cloud Types During Southwest Monsoon over a High-Altitude Site in Western Ghats, India, J. of the Indian Soc. of Remote Sensing 52(12), DOI:10.1007/s12524-024-01808-2.

168. Jeni Victor, S.S. Potdar, Devendraa Siingh, T. Gokul, A.K. Kamra, V. Gopalakrishnan, G. Pandithurai (2024): Impact of a severe dust storm on aerosol properties and their radiative forcing over the Indian subcontinent during winter, Atmospheric Research, 301(1):107282, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107282.

167. Matthias Kohl, Jos Lelieveld, Sourangsu Chowdhury, Sebastian Ehrhart, Disha Sharma, Yafang Cheng, Sachchida Nand Tripathi, Mathew Sebastian, Govindan Pandithurai, Hongli Wang, and Andrea Pozzer (2023): Numerical simulation and evaluation of global ultrafine particle concentrations at the Earth's surface, Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 23, 13191–13215, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13191-2023, 2023.

166. Vishal R Dharaiya, Vasudev Malyan, Vikas Kumar, Manoranjan Sahu, Chandra Venkatraman, Pratim Biswas, Kajal Yadav, Diksha Haswani, Ramya Sunder Raman, Ruqia Bhat, Tanveer Ahmad Najar, Arshid Jehangir, Rohit P Patil, G Pandithurai, Sandeep Singh Duhan, Jitendra Singh Laura (2023): Evaluating the performance of low-cost PM sensors over multiple COALESCE network sites, Aerosol and air quality research, 23(5), 220390.

165. Taveen S Kapoor, Chimurkar Navinya, Gupta Anurag, Pradnya Lokhande, Shubham Rathi, Anubha Goel, Renuka Sharma, Rahul Arya, Tuhin K Mandal, KP Jithin, Shiva Nagendra, Mohd Imran, Jyoti Kumari, Akila Muthalagu, Asif Qureshi, Tanveer Ahmad Najar, Arshid Jehangir, Diksha Haswani, Ramya Sunder Raman, Shahadev Rabha, Binoy Saikia, Yang Lian, G. Pandithurai, Pooja Chaudhary, Baerbel Sinha, Abisheg Dhandapani, Jawed Iqbal, Sauryadeep Mukherjee, Abhijit Chatterjee, Chandra Venkataraman, Harish C Phuleria (2023): Reassessing the availability of crop residue as a bioenergy resource in India: A field-survey based study, Journal of Environmental Management, 341, 118055.

164. Chimurkar Navinya, Taveen S Kapoor, Gupta Anurag, Pradnya Lokhande, Renuka Sharma, Laxmi Prasad SV, Shiva Nagendra SM, Jyoti Kumari, Gazala Habib, Rahul Arya, Tuhin K Mandal, Akila Muthalagu, Asif Qureshi, Tanveer Ahmad Najar, Arshid Jehangir, Supreme Jain, Anubha Goel, Shahadev Rabha, Binoy K Saikia, Pooja Chaudhary, Baerbel Sinha, Diksha Haswani, Ramya Sunder Raman, Abisheg Dhandapani, Jawed Iqbal, Sauryadeep Mukherjee, Abhijit Chatterjee, Yang Lian, G. Pandithurai, Chandra Venkataraman, Harish C Phuleria (2023): Heating and lighting: understanding overlooked energy-consumption activities in the Indian residential sector, Environmental Research Communications, 5(4), 045004.

163. Siddarth Shankar Das, K Kishore Kumar, KV Subrahmanyam, M Venkat Ratnam, KV Suneeth, SV Sunilkumar, PR Sinha, Asish Kumar Ghosh, Subrata Kumar Das, Sunil Sonwabne, UV Muralikrishna, Yogesh Kolte, Manish Naja, S Abhilash, K Satheesan, V Rakesh, P Mahesh, N Koushik, PR Satheesh Chandran, IA Girach, KVS Namboodiri, G. Pandithurai, NVP Kirankumar (2023): Impact of Annular Solar Eclipse on the Trace Gases and Dynamics of the Lower and Middle Atmosphere: Results Inferred From an Integrated Campaign “Suryagrahan‐2019”, J. Earth and Space Sci., 10(9), e2023EA003044.

162. Kushal Tibrewal, C. Venkataraman, H. Phuleria, V. Joshi, S. Maithel, A. Damle, A. Gupta, P. Lokhande, S. Rabha, B. K Saikia, S. Roy, G. Habib, S. Rathi, A. Goel, Sakshi Ahlawat, Tuhin Kumar Mandal, M Azharuddin Hashmi, Asif Qureshi, Abisheg Dhandapani, Jawed Iqbal, Sandeep Devaliya, Ramya Sunder Raman, Yang Lian, Govindan Pandithurai, Sudheer Kumar Kuppili, M Shiva Nagendra, Sauryadeep Mukherjee, Abhijit Chatterjee, Tanveer Ahmad Najar, Arshid Jehangir, Jitender Singh, Baerbel Sinha (2023): Reconciliation of energy use disparities in brick production in India, Nature Sustainability, 6(10), 1248-1257.

161. Kohl M., Lelieveld J., Chowdhury S., Ehrhart S., Sharma D., Cheng Y., Tripathi S.N., Sebastian M., Pandithurai G., Wang H., Pozzer A., (2023): Numerical simulation and evaluation of global ultrafine particle concentrations at the Earths surface, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, October 2023, DOI:10.5194/acp-23-13191-2023, 13191-13215

160. Leena, P.P., V. Anil Kumar, K. Vijayakumar, A.I. Basheer, S. Nukapothula, R. D. Patil and G. Pandithurai (2023): Aerosol-CCN characteristics and dynamics associated with a pre-monsoon dust storm over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats, India, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(50):DOI:10.1007/s11356-023-30025-6.

159. Murali Krishna, U.V., S.K. Das, Y.K. Kolte, A.K. Jha, M. Konwar, S.M. Deshpande and G. Pandithurai (2023): Characterization of rain microphysics on the leeside of the Western Ghats, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149(2), DOI:10.1002/qj.4554

158. Mehta, S.K., A. Aravindavel, V. Vinoj, T. Prabhakaran, G. Pandithurai, D. N. Rao (2023): Characteristics of elevated aerosol layer over the Indian east coast, Kattankulathur (12.82oN, 80.04°E): A northeast monsoon region, Science of Total Environ., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163917.

157. Yang, L., P.S. Soyam, Rohit P. Patil, Avishek Ray, V. Waghmare, D. Haswani, Ramya Sunder Raman, P.D. Safai and G. Pandithurai (2023): Impact of nylon and teflon filter media on the sampling of inorganic aerosols over a high altitude site, Environmental Advances, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2023.100373.

156. Leena P.P., Varghese M., Kumar J.S., Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai G., Patil R.D., Resmi E.A., Prabhakaran Thara (2023): Use of multiplatform in-situ observation to study vertical structure and microphysics of clouds during southwest monsoon over Western Ghats, India, Atmospheric Research, 290: 106780, July 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106780.

155. Avishek Ray, G. Pandithurai, S. Mukherjee, V. Anil Kumar, A. Hazra, R.D. Patil, V. Waghmare (2023): Seasonal variability in size-resolved hygroscopicity of sub-micron aerosols over the Western Ghats, India: Closure and parameterization, Sci. of Total Environ., 869: 161753, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161753. [IF=10.753]

154. Sunil Kumar, K., Subrata Kumar Das, Sachin M. Deshpande, Medha Deshpande, G. Pandithurai (2023): Regional variability of precipitation characteristics in Tropical Cyclones over the North Indian Ocean from GPM-DPR measurements, Atmospheric Research,Volume 283, 2023, 106568, SSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106568. [IF=5.965]

153. Prem Maheshwarkar, Akarsh Ralhan, Ramya Sunder Raman, Kushal Tibrewal, Chandra Venkataraman, Abisheg Dhandapani, R Naresh Kumar, Sauryadeep Mukherjee, Abhijit Chatterje, Shahadev Rabha, Binoy K Saikia, Ankur Bhardwaj, Pooja Chaudhary, Baerbel Sinha, Pradnya Lokhande, Harish C Phuleria, Sayantee Roy, Mohd Imran, Gazala Habib, M Azharuddin Hashmi, Asif Qureshi, Adnan Mateen Qadri, Tarun Gupta, Yang Lian, G. Pandithurai, Laxmi Prasad, Sadashiva Murthy, Meena Deswal, Jitender S Laura, Anil Kumar Chhangani, Tanveer Ahmad Najar, Arshid Jehangir (2022): Understanding the Influence of Meteorology and Emission Sources on PM2.5 Mass Concentrations Across India: First Results From the COALESCE Network, J. Geophys. Res., (Atmos), 127(4), e2021JD035663.

152. Mukherjee, S., Verma, A., Meena, G.S., Kodoli, S., Buchunde, P., Aslam, M.Y., Patil, R.D., Panicker, A., Safai, P.D., Pandithurai G., (2022): Compensatory effect of biomass burning on black carbon concentrations during COVID-19 lockdown at a high-altitude station in SW India Atmospheric Pollution Research (2022), online doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101566. [IF=4.831]

151. Bhowmik Utsav, Sachin M. Deshpande, Subrata K. Das, Sunil D. Pawar, G. Pandithurai (2022): Relationship Between Convective Storm Properties and Lightning Over the Western Ghats., Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002232. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002232.

150. Murali Krishna, U.V., S.K. Das, K.N. Uma, A.K. Jha and G. Pandithurai (2022): Dynamical links of convective storms associated with tropospheric biennial oscillation in the Indian monsoon, Scientific Reports, 12: 12050, DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-15772-9.

149. Morwal S. B., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R. S., Hosalikar K. S., Sai Krishnan K. C., Narkhedkar S. G., Pandithurai G, and Kulkarni J.R., (2022): Contrasting features of monsoon convection over land and sea in the west coast of peninsular India as revealed by S-band Radar, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 150, 731–747, 10.1007/s00704-022-04189-z. [IF=3.409]

148. Hazra, A., Chandrima Mallick, Greeshma M. Mohan, K. Gayatri Vani, V. Anil Kumar, Rituparna Chowdhury, Hemantkumar S. Chaudhari, Subrata K. Das, Mahen Konwar, Samir Pokhrel, Sachin Deshpande, Sachin D. Ghude, G. Pandithurai, S.D. Pawar (2022): Understanding the impact of ice nucleation on lightning and rainfall: A case study, Atmospheric Research, 106350, ISSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106350. [IF=5.965]

147. Meenu R Nair, K. Sunilkumar, Ved Prakash Singh, G. Pandithurai, and M. C. R. Kalapureddy (2022): Atmospheric turbulence characteristics in the troposphere and lower stratosphere of core monsoon zone. Atmospheric Research: Volume 22, 106382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106382. [IF=5.965]

146. P. P., B. R. Sanket, V. Anil Kumar, E. A. Resmi·, G. Kishore Kumar, Rohit D. Patil, G. Pandithurai (2022): Observed features of monsoon low‑level jet and its relationship with rainfall activity over a high‑altitude site in Western Ghats, India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04167-5. [IF=3.409]

145. Ambuj Jha K., M.C.R. Kalapureddy, G.S. Bhat and G. Pandithurai (2022): Characteristics of rain events of different durations at a high-alttitude site in the Western Ghats of India, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 134:63, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-022-00902-9.

144. Sebastian, M., Kompalli, S. K., Anil Kumar, V., Jose, S., Babu, S. S., Pandithurai, ‪G., Singh, S., Hooda, R. K., Soni, V. K., Pierce, J. R., Vakkari, V., Asmi, E., Westervelt, D. M., Hyvärinen, A.-P., and Kanawade, V. P (2022).: Observations of particle number size distributions and new particle formation in six Indian locations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-804.

143. Maheshwarkar, P., A. Ralhan, R. Sunder Raman, K. Tibrewal, C.Venkataraman, A. Dhandapani, R. Naresh Kumar, S. Mukherjee, A. Chatterje, S. Rabha, B. K Saikia, A. Bhardwaj, P. Chaudhary, B. Sinha, P. Lokhande, H. C. Phuleria, S. Roy, M. Imran, G. Habib, M. A. Hashmi, A. Qureshi, A.M. Qadri, T. Gupta, Yang Lian, G. Pandithurai, L. Prasad, S. Murthy, M. Deswal, J. S. Laura, A.K. Chhangani, T.A. Najar, and Arshid Jehangir (2022): Understanding the influence of meteorology and emission sources on PM2.5 mass concentrations across India: First results from the COALESCE network. J. Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2021JD035663, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035663.

142. Padmakumari B., Kalgutkar S., Sunil Sneha, Nikam M., Pandithurai G., High temporal variability of surface solar irradiance due to cloud enhancement effect over the Western Ghat mountains in peninsular India, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 232: 105867, June 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2022.105867, 1-11

141. Leena P.P., Anil Kumar V., Mukherjee Subrata, Patil R.D., Sonbawne S.M., Pandithurai G., Influence of aerosol physico-chemical properties on cloud microphysical parameters perceived using in-situ high altitude observations, Atmospheric Research, 271: 106111, June 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106111, 1-10

140. Sunilkumar K., Das Subrata K., Kalekar P., Kolte Y., MuraliKrishna U. V., Deshpande S., Dani K.K., Nitha T.S., Hosalikar K.S., Narvekar M., Mohan e K.N., Pandithurai G., A MESO-scale Rain gauge NETwork-MESONET over Mumbai: Preliminary results and applications, Urban Climate, 41: 101029, January 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2021.101029, 1-12

139. Meena, G. S., Mukherjee, S., Buchunde, P., Safai, P. D., Singla, V., Aslam, M. Y., Sonbawne, S. M., Made, R., Anand, V., Dani K. K., & G. Pandithurai (2021). Seasonal variability and source apportionment of black carbon over a rural high-altitude and an urban site inwestern India. Atmos. Pollu. Res., 12, 2, 32-45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2020.10.006

138. Murugavel, P., Thara Prabhakaran, G. Pandithurai, V. Gopalakrishnan, S.D. Pawar (2021): Physical mechanisms associated with the intense lightning over Indian region, Int. Journal of Climatology,Nov 2021, DOI:10.1002/joc.7466.

137. Leena P.P., Sravanthi N., Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai G., Panicker A.S., Aerosol–Cloud–Rainfall Properties Inferred from Satellite Observations Over Different Regions of the Indian Subcontinent: Variability, Trends and Relationships During the Summer Monsoon, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 178, November 2021, DOI:10.1007/s00024-021-02892-y, 4619–4631

136. Mukherjee, S., V. Anil Kumar, R.D. Patil, G.S. Meena, P. Buchunde, V. Waghmare ,S. Deshmukh, V. Dhavale, A. Ray, A.S. Panicker, S.M. Sonbawne , P.D. Safai and G. Pandithurai (2021): Investigation of physico-chemical characteristics and associated CCN activation for different combustion sources through Chamber experiment approach, Atmos. Environ., 266, 118726.

135. Sonbawne S.M., Devara P.C.S., Bhawar R., Rahul P.R.C., Siingh D., Fadnavis S., Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G., Aerosol physico–optical–radiative characterization and classification during summer over Ny-Ålesund, Arctic , International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42, November 2021, DOI:10.1080/01431161.2021.1987576, 8760-8781

134. Chakravarty Kaustav, Arun N., Yadav P., Bhangale R., Murugavel P., Kanawade V.P., Mohmmad J., Hosalikar K.S., Pandithurai G., Characteristics of precipitation microphysics during Tropical Cyclone Nisarga (2020) as observed over the orographic region of Western Ghats in the Indian sub-continent, Atmospheric Research, 264: 105861, December 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105861, 1-10

133. Buchunde P.S., Safai P.D., Mukherjee S., Raju M.P., Meena G.S., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Pandithurai G. (2021): Seasonal abundances of primary and secondary carbonaceous aerosols at a high-altitude station in the Western Ghat Mountains, India, Air Quality Atmosphere and Health, Online, September 2021, DOI:10.1007/s11869-021-01097-5

132. Murali Krishna, S.K. Das, S.M. Deshpande and G. Pandithurai (2021): Physical processes controlling the diurnal cycle of convective storms in the Western Ghats, Scientific Reports, 11(1):14102, DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-93173-0.

131. Leena, P.P., M. Varghese, V. Anil Kumar, A.I. Basheer, G. Pandithurai (2021): Droplet characteristics in monsoon clouds before rain as observed over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats, India, J. Atmos. Sol Terr Phys.,

130. Narkhedkar, S.G., S. N. Dutta, V. AnilKumar, S. Mukherjee and G. Pandithurai (2021) Rainfall characteristics and its variability over a high-altitude station in Western Ghats during southwest monsoon of 2015 - A case study. MAUSAM 72, 2 (April 2021), 331-348

129. Prabhu Amita, S.K. Mandke, G. Pandithurai Regional perspectives in Eurasian snow - Indian monsoon relationship: An observational study, Polar Science, June 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.polar.2021.100718, 1-15

128. Murali Krishna, U.V., S.K. Das, G.S. Ezhilarasi, B. Utsav S. M. Deshpande, and G. Pandithurai (2021), Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distribution over the Western Ghats of India: wet versus dry spells of the Indian summer monsoon, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 1–17, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1-2021.

127. Biswas M.S., Pandithurai G., Aslam M.Y., Patil R.D., Anilkumar V., Dudhambe S.D., Lerot C., De Smedt I., Van Roozendael M., Mahajan A.S. , Effect of Boundary Layer Evolution on Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Formaldehyde (HCHO) Concentrations at a High-altitude Observatory in Western India, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 21: 200193, March 2021, DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2020.05.0193.

126. Waghmare V.V., Aslam M.Y., Yang L., Safai P.D., Pandithurai G., Inorganic Ionic Composition of Rainwater at a High Altitude Station over the Western Ghats in Peninsular India, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, Online, January 2021, DOI:10.1007/s10874-021-09416-x.

125. Anil Kumar V., Hazra A., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni G., Greeshma M. M., Mukherjee, S., Leena, P. P., Patil, R. D., Prasad D. S. V. V. D (2021). Atmospheric Ice Nucleating Particle measurements and parameterization representative for Indian region, Atmos. Res., 253, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105487.

124. Chakravarty, K., S. Gayathridevi, J. Mohmmad, K.S. Hosalikar, G. Pandithurai and Dev Niyogi (2021). "First results from the Doppler Weather Radar observations over Mumbai urban region during the inter-seasonal phases of 2018 monsoon" Natural Hazard, DOI:10.1007/s11069-021-04637-5.

123. Das, S. K., Krishna, U. V. M., Kolte,Y. K., Deshpande, S. M., and G. Pandithurai, (2020). “Assessment of ground-based X-band radar reflectivity: Attenuation correction and its comparison with space-borne radars over the Western Ghats, India. Earth and Space Science, 7, e2019EA000861. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000861.

122. Chakravarty, K., Bhangale, R., Das, S., Yadav, P., Kannan, B.A.M., Pandithurai G., (2020): “Unraveling the characteristics of precipitation microphysics in summer and winter monsoon over Mumbai and Chennai – the two urban-coastal cities of Indian sub-continent,”Atmospheric Research, 249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105313.

121. Panicker, A.S., V. Anil Kumar, M.P Raju, G. Pandithurai, P.D. Safai, G. Beig, S. Das (2020): “CCN activation of carbonaceous aerosols from different combustion emission sources: A Laboratory study”, Atmospheric Research, 248, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105252.

120. Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni G., Hazra A., Patil S.S., Dudhambe S.D., Patil R.D., Chen J-P, Niranjan K., (2020): “Atmospheric ice nuclei concentration measurements over a high altitude-station in the Western Ghats, India”, Atmospheric Research, 235:104795, May 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104795.

119. K. Ansari, V. Anil Kumar and G. Pandithurai (2020), “Role of droplet size classes on the cloud droplet spectral dispersion as observed over the Western Ghats”, Atmospheric Research, 246:, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105104.

118. Nakajima T., Campanelli M., Che H., Estellés V., Irie H., Kim S-W., Kim J., Liu D., Nishizawa T., Pandithurai G., Soni V.K., Thana B., Tugjsurn N-U., Aoki K., Sujung Go, Hashimoto M., Higurashi A., Kazadzis S., Khatri P., Kouremeti N., Kudo R., Marenco F., Momoi M., Ningombam S.S., Ryder C.L., Uchiyama A., Yamazaki A. (2020), “An overview of and issues with sky radiometer technology and SKYNET”, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13, August 2020, DOI:10.5194/amt-13-4195-2020, 4195-4218.

117. Chakravarty, K., P. Murugavel, A.A. Christy, V. Singh and G. Pandithurai (2020), “Impact of electrified and non-electrified clouds on the inter-seasonal characteristics of surface-based precipitation”, J. Earth Sys. Sci., 129 169, DOI:10.1007/s12040-020-01432-x.

116. S. Mukherjee, V. Singla, G.S. Meena, M.Y. Aslam, P.D. Safai, P. Buchunde, V. Anilkumar, C.K. Jena, K.K. Dani and G. Pandithurai (2020): “Sub micron aerosol variability and its ageing process at a high altitude site in India: Impact of meteorological conditions”, Environmental Pollution, 265: DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115019.

115. Raju M.P., Safai P.D., Sonbawne S.M., Buchunde P.S., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K. (2020): “Black carbon aerosols over a high altitude station, Mahabaleshwar: Radiative forcing and source apportionment”, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 11, August 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.apr.2020.05.024, 1408-1417

114. Sunil S., Padmakumari B., Pandithurai G., Patil R.D., Naidu C.V., (2020): “Diurnal (24 h) cycle and seasonal variability of cloud fraction retrieved from a Whole Sky Imager over a complex terrain in the Western Ghats and comparison with MODIS”, Atmospheric Research, Online, July 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105180, 1-13

113. Yang L., Mukherjee S., Pandithurai G., Waghmare V., Safai P.D., (2019): “Influence of dust and sea-salt sandwich effect on precipitation chemistry over the Western Ghats during summer monsoon”, Scientific Reports, 9:19171, December 2019, DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-55245-0.

112. Buchunde P., Safai P.D., Mukherjee S., Leena P.P., Siingh D., Meena G.S., Pandithurai G., (2019): “Characterisation of particulate matter at a high-altitude site in southwest India: Impact of dust episodes”, J. of Earth System Science, 128:237, December 2019, DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1265-8, 1-18

111. Das S.K., Kolte Y., Murali Krishna U.V., Deshpande S.M., Jha A.K., Pandithurai G., (2019): “ Estimation of layer-averaged rain rate from zenith pointing Ka-band radar measurements using attenuation method”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12, September 2019, DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2929327, 3178 – 3183.

110. Morwal S.B., Padmakumari B., Narkhedkar S.G., Reddy Y.K., Maheskumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni J.R. (2019): “Statistical characteristics of the cloud cells in the categories of pre-convective, convective-initiation and convective-enhancement in the contrasting monsoon seasons over the rain-shadow region of peninsular India”, Climate Dynamics, 53, August 2019, DOI:10.1007/s00382-019-04857-3, 2355-2374

109. Utsav B., Deshpande S. M., Das S. K., G. Pandithurai and Niyogi, D. (2019) “Observed Vertical Structure of Convection during Dry and Wet Summer Monsoon Epochs over the Western Ghats,” J.Geophys. Res: Atmos, DOI: 10.1029/2018JD028960.

108. Yang L., G. Pandithurai, Chate D.M., Rao P.S.P., Waghmare V and Iyer U (2019), “Evidence of precedent wind role on controlling PM1 wet scavenging of aerosols during monsoon rain events”, Atmos. Environ., 201, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.041,265-277.

107. Singla, V., S. Mukherjee, A.S. Kashikar, P.D. Safai and G. Pandithurai (2019), “Black carbon: Source apportionment and its implications on CCN activity over a rural region in Western Ghats, India”, Env Sci Poll. Res., DOI:10.1007/s11356-019-04162-w.

106. Murali Krishna, U. V., Das, S. K., Uma, K. N., and Pandithurai G. (2019): “Retrieval of convective available potential energy from INSAT-3D measurements: comparison with radiosonde data and their spatial-temporal variations”, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1-2019.

105. Hari Krishna Devisetty, Ambuj K Jha, Subrata K Das, Sachin M Deshpande, UV Murali Krishna, Prasad M Kalekar, G. Pandithurai (2019), “A case study on bright band transition from very light to heavy rain using simultaneous observations of collocated X- and Ka-band radars”, J.Earth System Science, 128:136, July 2019, DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1171-0.

104. Ambuj K. Jha, · M. C. R. Kalapureddy, · Hari Krishna Devisetty, · Sachin M. Deshpande, G. Pandithurai, (2018): “A case study on large‑scale dynamical influence on bright band using cloud radar during the Indian summer monsoon”, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-018-0583-8)

103. Leena, P.P., G. Pandithurai, K. Gayatri , P. Murugavel , R. D. Ruchith , S. Sakharam , K. K. Dani , C. Patil , T.Dharmaraj , M.N.Patil , Thara Prabhakaran (2019): “Analysing characteristic features of a pre-monsoon thunderstorm event over Pune, India, using ground based observations and WRF model”, J. Earth System Sci., 128:108, June 2019, DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1136-3.

102. Vyoma Singla, Subrata Mukherjee, G. Pandithurai, Kundan K. Dani, Pramod D. Safai. (2018): “Evidence of organonitrate formation at a high altitude site, Mahabaleshwar during pre-monsoon season”, Aerosol and Air quality Res, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2018.03.0110.

101. Prabhu Amita and G. Pandithurai (2018): “ISCCP observed large-scale cloud features over the Indo-Pacific, Southern Annular Mode and Indian summer monsoon”, Polar Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2018.04.008.

100. Chakravarty, K, S.Pokhrel, M.Kalashetti, A.K.M.Nair, K.M.C.Reddy, S.M.Deshpande, S.K.Das and G. Pandithurai and B.N. Goswami (2018): “Unraveling of Cloud types during phases of monsoon intra-seasonal oscillations by a Ka-band Doppler Weather Radar”, Atmospheric Science Letters, DOI:10.1002/asl.847.

99. Mukherjee, S., V. Singla, G. Pandithurai, P.D. Safai, G.S. Meena, K.K. Dani, V. Anil Kumar (2018): “Seasonal variability in chemical composition and source apportionment of sub-micron aerosol over a high altitude site in Western Ghats, India”, Atmos. Environ., DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.02.048, 72-92.

98. Leena P.P., V. Anilkumar, N. Sravanthi, R. Patil, K. Chakravarty, S.K. Saha, G. Pandithurai., (2018): “On the precipitation susceptibility of monsoon clouds to aerosols using high altitude ground-based observations over Western Ghats, India”, Atmos. Environ., 185, 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.001.

97. Kalapureddy, MCR, Sukanya Patra, Subrata K Das, Sachin M Deshpande, Kaustav Chakravarty, Ambuj K Jha, Prasad Kalekar, Hari Krishna Devisetty, Andrew L Pazamany and G. Pandithurai (2017): “A simple biota removal algorithm for 35-GHz cloud radar measurements”, Atmos Measure Tech., doi:amt-2017-254.

96. Utsav, B., S.M. Deshpande, S.K. Das and G. Pandithurai (2017): Statistical characteristics of convective clouds over the Western Ghats derived from weather radar observations, J. Geophys. Res, 122, DOI:10.1002/2016JD026183.

95. Singla, V., S. Mukherjee, P. D. Safai, G. S. Meena, K.K. Dani, and G. Pandithurai (2017): “Role of organic aerosols in CCN activation and closure over a rural background site in Western Ghats, India”, Atmos. Environ, 158, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.037, 148-159.

94. Murali Krishna, U.V., Subrata Kumar Das, Sachin M. Deshpande, S.L.Doiphode, and G. Pandithurai (2017): “The Assessment of Global Precipitation Measurement estimates over the Indian Subcontinent”, Earth and Space Science, AGU, 2017EA000285, DOI 10.1002/2017EA00285, 540-553.

93. Amita Prabhu, Jaiho Oh, In-won Kim, R. H. Kripalani and G. Pandithurai (2017): “SMMR-SSM/I derived Greenland Sea ice variability: links with Indian and Korean Monsoons”, Climate Dyn., DOI 10.1007/s00382-017-3659-0.

92. Leena, P.P., K. Vijayakumar, V. Anil Kumar and G. Pandithurai (2017): “Analysing temporal variability of particulate matter and possible contributing factors over Mahabaleshwar, a high-altitude station in Western Ghats, India”, J. Atmos. Solar and Terr. Phys, 164, November 2017, DOI:10.1016/j.astp.2017.08.013, 105-115.

91. Amita Prabhu, J. Oh, I. Kim, R.H. Kripalani, A.K. Mitra and G. Pandithurai (2017): “Summer monsoon rainfall variability over North East regions of India and its association with Eurasian Snow, Atlantic Sea Surface temperature and Arctic Oscillation”, Climate Dyn, 49, October 2017, DOI:10.1007/s00382-016-3445-4, 2545-2556.

90. Leena, P.P., V. Anil Kumar, K.K. Dani, S.M. Sonbawne, P. Murugavel and G. Pandithurai (2017): “Evidence of new particle formation during post monsoon season over a high-altitude site of the Western Ghats, India”, Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 99:4, 652-664, DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2016.1274031.

89. Panda S., Sahoo S., Pandithurai G., (2017): “Time series analysis of ground-based microwave measurements at K- and V-bands to detect temporal changes in water vapor and temperature profiles”, Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems, 6, January 2017, DOI:10.5194/gi-6-15-2017, 15-26.

88. Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai G., Leena P. P., Dani K. K., Murugavel P., Sonbawne S. M., Patil R.D., Maheskumar R.S. (2016): “Investigation of aerosol indirect effects on monsoon clouds using ground-based measurements over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats”, Atmos. Chemistry and Physics, 16, 2016, DOI:10.5194/acp-16-8423-2016, 8423-8430

87. Bera S., Pandithurai G., Prabha, T. V., (2016): “Entrainment and droplet spectral characteristics in convective clouds during transition to monsoon”, Atmospheric Science Letters, 17, DOI:10.1002/asl.657, 286-293,

86. Harikishan, G., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R. S., Pandithurai G., Min Q. L., (2016): “Aerosol indirect effects from ground-based retrievals over the rain shadow region in Indian subcontinent”, J. Geophysical Research, 121, 2016, DOI:10.1002/2015JD024577, 1-14

85. Khatri P., TakamuraT. , Nakajima T., Estellés V., Irie H., Kuze H. , Campanelli M., Sinyuk A., Lee S.-M, Sohn B. J., Pandithurai G., Kim S.-W., Yoon S. C., Martinez-LozanoJ. A., Hashimoto M. , Devara P. C. S., Manago N., (2016): “Factors for inconsistent aerosol single scattering albedo between SKYNET and AERONET”, J. Geophysical Research, 121, 2016, DOI:10.1002/2015JD023976, 1859-1877

84. Leena P.P., Sakharam S., Anil Kumar V., Das S.K., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Characteristics of pre-monsoon convective activity over two contrasting environments from microwave radiometer data – A case study”, J. Indian Geophysical Union, 20, 575-585.

83. Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G., Safai P.D., Prabha T.V., (2016): “Indirect forcing of black carbon on clouds over northeast India”, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 142, 2016, DOI:10.1002/qj.2878, 2968-2973.

82. Prabhu Amita, Kripalani R.H., Preethi B., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Potential role of the February–March Southern Annular Mode on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall: a new perspective”, Climate Dynamics, 47, 2016, DOI:10.1007/s00382-015-2894-5, 1161-1179.

81. Prabhu Amita, Oh J., Kim I-w, Kripalani R.H., Mitra A.K., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Summer monsoon rainfall variability over North East regions of India and its association with Eurasian snow, Atlantic Sea Surface temperature and Arctic Oscillation”, Climate Dynamics, online, DOI:10.1007/s00382-016-3445-4, 1-12

80. Raju M.P., Safai P.D., Vijaykumar K., Devara P.C.S., Naidu C.V., Rao P.S.P., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Atmospheric abundances of black carbon aerosols and their radiative impact over an urban and a rural site in SW India”, Atmos, Environ., 125, 2016, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.023, 429-436.

79. Soni V.K., Pandithurai G., Pai D.S., (2016): “Is there a transition of solar radiation from dimming to brightening over India?”, Atmospheric Research, 169, 2016, 209–224.

78. Varghese M., Prabha Thara V., Malap N., Resmi E.A., Murugavel P., Safai P.D., Axisa D., Pandithurai G., Dani K., (2016): “Airborne and ground based CCN spectral characteristics: Inferences from CAIPEEX-2011”, Atmospheric Environment, 125, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.041, 324–336.

77. Sanap, S.D., G. Pandithurai and M.G. Manoj (2015): “On the response of Indian summer monsoon to aerosol forcing in CMIP5 model simulations”, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2516-2.

76. Sanap, S.D. and G. Pandithurai (2015): “The effect of absorbing aerosols on Indian monsoon circulation and rainfall : A review”, Atmospheric Research, DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.06.002

75. Tiwari, S., G. Pandithurai (2015): “Aerosol optical properties and their relationship with meteorological parameters during wintertime in Delhi, India”, Atmospheric Research, 153, 465-479, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.015.

74. Devara P.C.S., Sumit Kumar, Vijaykumar K., Pandithurai G., (2014): “Sun-Sky radiometer synthesis of interplay between aerosols and monsoon activity over Pune, India”, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171, September 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0828-5, 2501-2517.

73. Dipu S., Pandithurai G., Panicker A.S., Takamura T., Lee D-I, Kim D. (2014): “Assessment and validation of i-skyradiometer retrievals using broadband flux and MODIS Data”, Advances in Meteorology, February 2014, Article ID 849279.

72. Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G., Beig G., Kim D.C., Lee D.I. (2014): “Aerosol modulation of ultraviolet radiation dose over four metro cities in India”, Advances in Meteorology, January 2014, DOI:10.1155/2014/202868.

71. Latha R., Murthy B.S., Manoj Kumar, Jyotsna S., Lipi K., Pandithurai G., Mahanti N.C. (2014): “Aerosol optical properties and composition over a table top complex mining area in the Monsoon trough region”, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 14, DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2013.02.0062, 806-817.

70. Bisht, D.S., A.K. Srivastava, A.S. Pipal, M.K. Srivastava, A.K. Pandey, S. Tiwari, G. Pandithurai (2014): “Aerosol characteristics at a rural station in southern peninsular India during CAIPEEX-IGOC: Physical and Chemical properties”, Environ Sci Pollut Res., DOI:10.1007/s11356-014-3836-1.

69. Harikishan, G., B. Padmakumari, R. S. Maheskumar, G. Pandithurai, and Q. L. Min (2014): “Macrophysical and microphysical properties of monsoon clouds over a rain shadow region in India from ground-based radiometric measurements, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 4736–4749, doi:10.1002/2013JD020872.

68. Tiwari, S., A.S. Pipal, A.K. Srivastava, D.S. Bisht, and G. Pandithurai (2014): “Determination of wood burning and fossil fuel contribution of black carbon at Delhi, India using aerosol light absorption technique”, Env. Sci. & Poll Res., DOI:10.1007/s11356-014-3531-2.

67. Panicker, A.S., G. Pandithurai, P.D. Safai, S. Dipu, T. V. Prabha and M. Konwar, (2014): “Observations of black carbon induced semi-direct over Northeast India”, Atmos. Environ., 98, 685-692.

66. Sanap S. D. and G. Pandithurai (2014): “Inter-annual variability of aerosols and its relationship with regional climate over Indian subcontinent using EOF technique”, Int. J. Climatol, DOI:10.1002/joc.4037.

65. Sanap, S. D., D. C. Ayantika, G. Pandithurai and K. Niranjan (2014): “Assessment of the aerosol distribution over Indian subcontinent in CMIP5 models”, Atmos. Environ., 123-137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.017 .

64. Rambabu S., Pillai J.S., Agarwal A., Pandithurai G. (2014): “Evaluation of brightness temperature from a forward model of ground-based microwave radiometer”, J. Earth System Sci., 123, 641-650.

63. Safai, P.D., Raju M.P., Rao P.S.P., Pandithurai G. (2014): “Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols over the urban tropical location and a new approach to evaluate their climatic importance”, Atmos. Environ., 92, June 2014, 493-500.

62. Dipu, S., Thara V. Prabha, G. Pandithurai, J. Dudhia, G. Pfister, K. Rajesh and B. N. Goswami, (2013): “Impact of elevated aerosol layer on the cloud macrophysical properties prior to monsoon onset”, Atmos. Environ., DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.036, 454-467.

61. Devara, P.C.S., S. Kumar, G. Pandithurai, P. D. Safai and S. Dipu (2013): “Comparison between urban aerosol products retrieved from collocated Cimel and Prede Sun/sky radiometers at Pune, India”, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, MAP-D-12-00133.

60. Hashimoto, M., T. Nakajima, O. Dubovik, M. Campanelli, H. Che, P. Khatri, T. Takamura, and G. Pandithurai (2012): “Development of a new data-processing method for SKYNET sky radiometer observations”, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2723-2012.

59. Prabha T.V., Patade S., G. Pandithurai, Khain A., Axisa D., Pradeep Kumar P., Maheshkumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N., (2012): “Spectral width of premonsoon and monsoon clouds over Indo-Gangetic valley”, J. Geophys. Res., 117, October 2012, DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016837, D20205, 1-15.

58. Pandithurai G., S. Dipu, T. V. Prabha, R. S. Maheskukar, J.R. Kulkarni, and B. N. Goswami, (2012): “Aerosol effect on droplet spectral dispersion in warm continental cumuli”, J.Geophys.Research, 117, August 2012, D16202, DOI:10.1029/2011JD016532.

57. Nair S., Sanjay J., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R.,(2012): “On the parameterization of cloud droplet effective radius using CAIPEEX aircraft observations for warm clouds in India”, Atmos. Res., 108, May 2012, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.02.002, 104-114.

56. Kulkarni J.R., Maheshkumar R. S., Morwal S. B. , Padma kumari B., Konwar M., Deshpande C. G., Joshi R. R. , Bhalwankar R. V., Pandithurai G., Safai P. D., Narkhedkar S. G., Dani K.K., Nath A., Sathy Nair, Sapre V.V., Puranik P. V., Kandalgaonkar S.S., Mujumdar V.R., Khaladkar R.M., Vijaykumar R., Prabha T.V. and Goswami B.N. (2012): “Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX): overview and preliminary results”, Current Science, 102, February 2012, 413-425.

55. Urankar G. M., T. V. Prabha, Pandithurai G., P. M. Prabhu P.M., Achuthavarier D., B. N. Goswami B.N. (2012): “Aerosol and cloud feedbacks on surface energy balance over selected regions of Indian subcontinent”, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D04210, doi:10.1029/2011JD016363.

54. Seethala,C., Pandithurai G., Fast J. D. , Polade S. D., Reddy M. S. and Peckham S. E. (2011): “Evaluating WRF-Chem Multi-scale model in simulating aerosol radiative properties over the tropics - A case study over India”, MAPAN J. Metrology Society of India, 26, 4, pp. 269-284.

53. Prabha T.V., Khain A., Maheshkumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni J.R., Konwar M., Goswami B.N. (2011): “Microphysics of pre-monsoon and monsoon clouds as seen from in situ measurements during CAIPEEX”, J. Atmo. Sci., pp. 1-60, doi: 10.1175/2011JAS3707.1

52. Soni, V.K., G. Pandithurai and D.S. Pai (2011): “Evaluation of long-term solar radiation trends in India”, Int. Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.10.034

51. Panicker, A.S., G. Pandithurai, P.D. Safai, S. Dipu and D. Lee (2010): “On the contribution of black carbon the composite aerosol radiative forcing over an urban environment”, Atmos. Environ., 44, 3066-3070.

50. Dani K.K., Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Pandithurai G., Sonbawne S.M., Maheskumar R.S., Saha S.K., Jaya Rao Y (2010): “Long-term trends and variability in measured multi-spectral aerosol optical depth over a tropical urban station in India”, Int. Journal of Climatol, doi: 10.1002/joc.2250.

49. Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G.,, Dipu S., (2010): “Aerosol indirect effect during successive contrasting monsoon seasons over Indian subcontinent using MODIS data”, Atmos. Environ., 44, 2010, 1937-1943

48. Raj P.E., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Saha S.K., G. Pandithurai, Devara P.C.S., (2019): “Changes observed in sun photometer derived total column ozone and possible implications on surface-reaching UV radiation over a tropical Indian station”, Int. Journal of Remote Sensing, 30, 2009, 4153-4165

47. G. Pandithurai, T. Takamura, J. Yamaguchi, K. Miyagi, T. Takano, Y. Ishizaka, S. Dipu, and A. Shimizu (2009): “Aerosol effect on cloud droplet size as monitored from surface-based remote sensing over East China Sea region”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L13805, doi:10.1029/2009GL038451.

46. Panicker, A.S., Pandithurai G., T. Takamura and R. T. Pinker (2009): “Aerosol effects in the UV-B spectral region over Pune, an urban site in India”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10802, doi:10.1029/2009GL037632.

45. Pandithurai G., S. Dipu, K. K. Dani, S. Tiwari, D. S. Bisht, P.C.S. Devara and R. T. Pinker (2008): “Aerosol radiative forcing during dust events over New Delhi, India”, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D13209, doi:10.1029/2008JD009804.

44. Pandithurai G., C. Seethala, B. S. Murthy and P.C.S. Devara (2008): “Investigation of atmospheric boundary layer characteristics for different aerosol absorptions: Case studies using CAPS model”, Atmos. Environ, 42, 4755-4768.

43. Panicker, A. S., G. Pandithurai, P. D. Safai, and S. Kewat, (2008): “Observations of enhanced aerosol longwave radiative forcing over an urban environment”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04817, doi:10.1029/2007GL032879.

42. Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Saha S.K., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Pandithurai G., Murthy A.R. (2008): “Temporal variations in sun photometer measured precipitable water in near IR band and its comparison with model estimates at a tropical Indian station”, Atmosfera, 21, 317-333.

41. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., K.K. Dani, G. Pandithurai, M.C.K. Reddy, S. M. Sonbawne, Y. Jaya rao and S. K. Saha (2008): “Mobile Lidar profiling of tropospheric aerosols and clouds”, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25, 1288-1295.

40. Raj P.E., Saha S.K., Sonbawne S.M., Desphpande S.M., Devara P.C.S., Rao Jaya Y., Dani K.K., Pandithurai G., (2008): “Lidar observation of aerosol stratification in the lower troposphere over Pune during pre-monsoon season of 2006”, J. Earth System Sci., 117, 293-302.

39. G. Pandithurai, R.T. Pinker, T. Takamura, P.C.S. Devara and K.K. Dani, (2007): “Seasonal asymmetry in diurnal variation of aerosol optical characteristics over Pune, western India”, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D08208, doi:10.1029/2006JD007803.

38. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, G. Pandithurai, K.K. Dani, S.M. Sonbawne and Y. Jaya rao, (2007): “Differential absorption lidar probing of atmospheric ozone over a tropical urban station in India”, Meas. Sci. Technology, 18, 639-644.

37. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, Y. Jaya Rao, G. Pandithurai, K. K. Dani, K. M. C. Reddy, S. K. Saha and S. M. Sonbawne (2007): “Optical remote sensing contributes to earth-atmosphere radiation research”, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Newsroom,1-3.

36. G. Pandithurai, R.T. Pinker, T. Takamura and P.C.S. Devara, 2004: “Aerosol radiative forcing over a tropical urban station in India”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12107, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019702.

35. R.T. Pinker, G. Pandithurai, B.N. Holben, T.O. Keefer and D. Goodrich, 2004: “Aerosol properties in the semi-arid western United States”, Atmos. Res., 71, 243-252.

34. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, S.K. Saha and S.M. Sonbawne, 2004: “Variability in sunphotometer-derived total ozone over a tropical urban station”, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D08309, doi:10.1029/2003JD004195.

33. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, 2004: “Some results of sunphotometer derived precipitable water content over a tropical Indian station”, J. Appl. Meteorol., 43, 1452-1459.

32. Potdar, M.B., P.C.S. Devara, S.A. Sharma, P.E. Raj, V.V. Parikh, Y.K. Tiwari, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, S.K. Saha, S.M. Sonbawne, Y. Jayarao and G. Pandithurai, 2004: “Remote sensing of spectral signature of land-surface aerosols”, Proc. Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 113(1), 103-116.

31. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, G. Pandithurai and K.K. Dani, 2003: “Relationship between lidar-based observations of aerosol content and monsoon precipitation over a tropical station, Pune, India”, Meteorological Applications, 10, 3, 253-262.

30. Tiwari, Y.K., P.C.S. Devara, P.E. Raj, R.S. Maheskumar, G. Pandithurai and K.K. Dani, 2003: “Tropical urban aerosol distributions during pre-sunrise and post-sunset as observed with lidar and solar radiometer at Pune, India”, J. Aerosol Science, 34, 449-458.

29. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai, R.S. Maheskumar and K.K. Dani, 2003: “Some atmospheric aerosol characteristics as determined from laser angular scattering measurement at a continental urban station”, Atmosfera, 39-52.

28. Devara, P.C.S., R.S. Maheskumar, P.E. Raj, G. Pandithurai and K.K. Dani, (2002): “Recent trends in aerosol climatology and air pollution as inferred from multi-year lidar observations over a tropical urban station”, Int. J. Climatol., 22, 435-449.

27. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, R.S. Maheskumar, G. Pandithurai and K.K. Dani (2002): Lidar-derived aerosol concentration and their relationship with horizontal winds over an urban location, Mausam, 53, 2, 145-152.

26. G. Pandithurai, R. T. Pinker, O. Dubovik, B. N. Holben, and T. O. Aro, (2001): “Remote sensing of aerosol optical characteristics in Sub-Sahel, West Africa”, J. of Geophys. Res., 106, D22, 28347-28356.

25. R. T. Pinker, G. Pandithurai, B. N. Holben , O. Dubovik, and T. O. Aro, (2001): “A dust outbreak episode in sub-Sahel West Africa”, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 22923-22930.

24. Maheskumar, R.S., P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai, P. Ernest Raj and K.K. Dani, (2001): “Study of winter aerosol optical depths over a tropical urban station”, Atmosfera, 14, 4, 159-169.

23. R.S. Maheskumar, P.C.S. Devara, P. Ernest Raj, G. Pandithurai, K.K. Dani and G.A. Momin, (2001): “Comparison of atmospheric aerosol properties inferred from direct and remote sensing techniques”, Atmos. Environ., 35, 2895-2905.

22. Pinker, R.T., I. Laszlo, D. Goodrich and G. Pandithurai, (2000): “Satellite estimates of surface radiative fluxes for the extended San Pedro Basin: sensitivity to aerosols”, J. Agri & Forest Meteorol., 43-54.

21. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani and G. Pandithurai, (1999): “Ground-based lidar study of aerosol and boundary layer characteristics during INDOEX first field phase”, Current Science, 76, 973-976.

20. Devara, P.C.S., R.S. Maheskumar, P.E. Raj, K.K. Dani, G. Pandithurai and Y.J. Rao, 1999: Correlative measurements of aerosol optical depth and size distribution around INDOEX-FFP 98 from multi-spectral solar radiometry, Current Science, 76, 977-980.

19. Devara, P.C.S., G. Pandithurai, P.E. Raj, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, (1998): “Atmospheric aerosol-cloud-stability relationship as observed with optical and radio remote sensing techniques”, Atmos. Res., 49, 65-76.

18. Pandithurai G., Devara, P.C.S., Maheskumar, Raj, P.E., and Dani, K.K., (1997): “Spectral characteristics of urban aerosols and their assoication with relative humidity”, Atmos. Res., 45, 109-122.

17. Pandithurai G., Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E. and Sharma, S., (1997): “Retrieval of aerosol size index from high-resolution spectroradiometer observations”, Aerosol Sci. & Tech, 26, 154-162.

16. Pandithurai G. and Devara, P.C.S., (1997): “Solar multi-spectral radiometric observations of atmospheric optical thickness over Pasarlapudi gas well blow-out site in India”, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 14, 417-424.

15. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Pandithurai G., and Praveen Naresh (1997): “Atmospheric stability effects on aerosol structure and stratification”, J. Meteorol., 22, 176-187.

14. Raj, P.E., Devara, P.C.S., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai G. (1997): “Effect of wind and temperature on time evolution of laser beam scintillations in the surface layer : A case study”, Indian J. Rad. & Space Phys., 26, 45-48.

13. Raj, P.E., Devara, P.C.S., Maheskumar, R.S., Pandithurai G., and Dani, K.K., (1997): “Lidar measurements of aerosol column content in an urban nocturnal boundary layer”, Atmos. Res., 45, 201-216.

12. Pandithurai G., Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E. and Sharma, S., (1996): “Aerosol size distribution and refractive index from bistatic lidar angular scattering measurements in the surface layer”, Remote Sens. Environ., 56, 87-96.

11. Devara, P.C.S., Pandithurai G., Raj, P.E. and Sharma, S., (1996): “Investigations of aerosol optical depth variations using spectroradiometer at an urban station, Pune, India”, J. Aerosol Sci., 27, 621-632.

10. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar, R.S. and Dani, K.K., (1996): “Lidar for environmental monitoring”. In: Advances in Instrumentation (eds. B.S. Ramprasad, S. Asokan, K. Rajanna & N.C.Shivaprakash), New Age International (P) Limited, Publications, India, pp. 41-47.

9. Raj, P.E., Devara, P.C.S., Pandithurai G. and Sharma, S., (1996): “Cloud-base height estimations by laser radar at Pune”, Ind. Jour. Radio & Space Phys., 25, 74-78.

8. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Murthy, B.S., Pandithurai G., Sharma, S. and Vernekar, K.G., (1995): Intercomparison of nocturnal lower atmospheric structure observed with lidar and sodar techniques at Pune, India, J. Appl. Meteorol., 34, 6, 1375-1383.

7. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai G., (1995): “Real-time monitoring of atmospheric aerosols using a computer-controlled lidar”, Atmos. Environ., 29, 2205-2215.

6. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai G., (1995): “Laser studies of atmospheric turbulence in the surface layer”, J. Optics, 24, 2, 1-13.

5. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., and Pandithurai G., (1995): “Aerosol profile measurements in the lower troposphere using four-wavelength bistatic Argon ion lidar”, Appl. Opt., 34, 4416-4425.

4. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Pandithurai G., and S. Sharma, (1995): “A high spectral resolution radiometer for atmospheric monitoring”, J. Instrum,. Soc. India, 25, 142-154.

3. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai G., (1995): “Aerosol lidar studies at a tropical urban station”, J. Aerosol Sci, 26, S453-S454.

2. Raj, P.E., Sharma, S., Devara, P.C.S., and Pandithurai G., (1993): “Study of laser scintillation in different atmospheric conditions”, J. Appl. Meteorol., 32, 1161-1167.

1. Pandithurai G., Sharma, S., Raj, P.E., and Devara, P.C.S., (1993): “Optical-thermal determination of Cn2 in the lower atmosphere”, J. Optics, 22, 67-72

Books

Abhilash S. Panicker, G .Pandithuraiand Dong-In Lee (2010), Investigation of aerosol direct and indirect climate effects using ground and satellite remote sensing data, LAMBERT Academic publishing, Germany, ISBN:978-3-8383-9690-3.

Book Chapters

Satheesh, S.K., Babu S.S., B. Padmakumari, Pandithurai, V.K. Soni (2017), Variability of Atmospheric Aerosols Over India” In book: Observed Climate Variability and Change over the Indian Region, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2531-0_13.
Pandithurai and A.S.Panicker: Aerosol climate effects (book chapter) in book Air Pollution: Monitoring, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies, Edited by A.S. Panicker and Dong-In Lee, ISBN:978-81-308-0488-0,pp 101-118.

PhD Guidance

S. No.	Name of student	Title of Thesis	Status	Institution/University	Current Affiliation
1	A.S. Panicker	Investigations of direct aerosol radiative effects in thermal infrared, UV-B spectral regions and aerosol cloud interactions using ground- and satellite-remote sensing data	Ph.D. (2010)	University of Pune	Sc-E, IITM
2	S. Dipu	Aerosol-Cloud interactions: Observation and Modeling studies	Ph.D. (2013)	University of Pune	Researcher, University of Leipzig, Germany
3	Vijaykumar Soni	Multi-decadal solar radiation trends and direct tropospheric forcing in India	Ph.D. (2014)	University of Pune	Sc-F, IMD
4	S.D. Sanap	Effect of aerosols on Indian Summer Monsoon	Ph.D. (2016)	Andhra University	Sc-C, IMD
5	Utsav Bhowmik	Study of Spatio-Temporal Variability of Convection over the Western Ghats using Doppler Weather Radar	Ph.D. (2020)	SPPU	Project Scientist-C, IITM
6	Sudarsan Bera	Investigation of Entrainment and Mixing Processes in Convective Clouds Using Observations and Numerical Simulation	Ph.D. (2020)	SPPU Co-Guide	Sc-C, IITM
7	Anil Kumar V	On the influence of atmospheric aerosols in ice nuclei characteristics	PhD degree awarded in (April 2021)	Andhra University	Project Scientist
8	Sahadat Sarkar	Study of cloud and convective processes associated with different phases of intraseasonal oscillations using observations and general circulation model	Ph.D.	SPPU Co-Guide	Scientist-D
9	Ms. Pallavi J. Padwal	Carbonaceous aerosols over a high altitude location: Temporal variation and the formation of new particles and associated cloud condensation nuclei	Ph.D. (Thesis submitted)	SPPU, Pune Co-guide
10	Mr. Sunil Sonbawne	Study of Aerosol Characteristics and their Radiative Forcing over Arctic Region at Ny-Ålesund	Ph.D. (Thesis submitted)	SPPU, Pune	Scientist-E, IITM Pune
11	Mr. Avishek Ray	Study of aerosol hygroscopicity and its role on CCN activation based on mesaurements over Mahabaleshwar, Western Ghats and modeling	Ph.D. (On going)	SPPU Pune	SRF, IITM Pune
12	Mr. Subrata Mukherjee	Study of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and its implications to Secondary Organic Aerosols (SOA) formation over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats	Ph.D. (On going)	SPPU Pune	Scientist-D, IITM Pune
13	Mr. Yang Lian	Source and role of carbonaceous aerosols in regional radiative forcing	Ph.D. (On going)	SPPU, Pune	Project Scientist-I, IITM ART Bhopal
14	Arindam Das	Understanding the role of aerosol size and chemistry on CCN activation and cloud microphysics over Western Ghats, India	Ph.D. (ongoing)	SPPU Pune (Co-guide, Jointly with Dr. Leena)	IITM SRF

Ph. D. Students

Shri Yogesh Kolte, 2018 (SPPU)
Shri Yang Lian
Shri Subrata Mukherjee
Shri Avishek Ray

Academic Guidance provided to students

M.Sc. – 2

M.Tech – 3

Ph.D. - 3 (presently working)

Details:

1. Chauhan, S.S., University of Pune, 2004, M.Sc. (Space Sci.), Study of aerosol size distributions retrieved from sky radiance data.

2. Seethala, C., University of Pune, 2006, M.Tech. (Atmos. Sci), Investigation of atmospheric boundary layer characteristics for different aerosol absorptions: An observational and modeling approach.

3. Chirasree, Z., Wadia College, 2006, M.Sc. (Physics), Aerosols and their effect on UV-B radiation.

4. Prachee, K., University of Pune, 2007, M.Tech (Atmos. Sci.), Investigation of aerosol-cloud interactions using MODIS satellite data.

5. Dipu, S., Cochin University, 2007, M. Tech (Atmos. Sci.), Pre-monsoon aerosol characteristics over New Delhi: Implications to radiative forcing.

6. Panicker, A.S., IITM/University of Pune, Ph.D. (Atmos. Sci.), Investigation of aerosol spectral radiative and cloud microphysical effects using ground and satellite remote sensing data (Since 2006-).

7. Soni, V.K., University of Pune, Ph.D. (Atmos. Sci.), Study of longterm trends in radiation over India (Since 2006)

8. Dipu, S., IITM/University of Pune, Ph.D. (Atmos Sci.) CSIR JRF (since 2008-)

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Scientist Profile

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Phone : +91-(0)20-25904251

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Email ID : pandit[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

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Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

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Research Highlight

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: Scientist G

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: +91-(0)20-25904251

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: +91-(0)20-25865142

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