Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Shri. P. Murugavel

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: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904463

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

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

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
M.Tech.	University of Pune	2006	Atmospheric Sciences
B.E.	Madurai Kamaraj University	1992	Electronics, Communication Engg.

Research

Electrical Characteristics of Thunderstorms

Aerosol and cloud microphysics

Instrumentation Techniques

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2021-Present	Scientist F	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2017-2021	Scientist E	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2012-2016	Scientist D	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2008-2012	Scientist C	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2004-2008	Scientist B	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
1999-2004	Junior Scientific Officer	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
1994-1999	Senior Scientific Assistant	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

Research Highlight

Precipitable water as a predictor of LCL height

High-resolution radiosonde and microwave radiometer observations over peninsular Indian region during the CAIPEEX-IGOC-2011 are used to illustrate the unique relationship. The inferences illustrate a linear relationship between the precipitable water (PW) and the LCL temperature. This relationship could be used to estimate the LCL height and perhaps also the boundary layer height. This finding could be used to illustrate the boundary layer-cloud interactions during the monsoon and is important for parameterization of boundary layer clouds in numerical models.

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44. Kambrath G.K., Kulkarni Gayatri, Patade S., Samanta S., Jaya Rao Y., Murugavel P., Sandeep J., Prabhakaran Thara, Pathways of ice multiplication in nimbostratus clouds during the Indian summer monsoon, Atmospheric Research, 309: 107590, October 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107590, 1-13

43. Samanta S., Kulkarni Gayatri, Murugavel P., Suneetha P., Prabhakaran Thara, Effects of aerosols on the lifecycle of a mesoscale cloud cluster over the Indian peninsula: A numerical study with a bin-based cloud microphysics scheme, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 260: 106265, July 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2024.106265, 1-16

42. Konwar M., Werden B., Fortner E.C., Bera S., Varghese M., Chowdhuri S., Hiber, K., Croteau P., Jayne J., Canagaratna M., Malap N., Jayakumar S., Dixit S.A., Murugave P., Axisa D., Baumgardner D., DeCarlo P.F., Worsnop D.R., Prabhakaran T., Identifying the seeding signature in cloud particles from hydrometeor residuals, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17, April 2024, DOI:10.5194/amt-17-2387-2024, 2387-2400

41. Varghese M., Malap N., Konwar M., Bera S., Jose J., Bankar S.P., Murugavel P., Prabhakaran Thara, Impact of monsoon on below cloud base aerosol hygroscopicity over a rain shadow region of India, Atmospheric Research, 285: 106630, April 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106630, 1-13

40. Misra Vasubandhu, Jayasankar C.B., Mishra A.K., Mitra A.K., Murugavel P., Dynamic Downscaling the South Asian Summer Monsoon from a Global Reanalysis using a Regional Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127: e2022JD037490, November 2022, DOI:10.1029/2022JD037490, 1-19

39. Jayachandran V., Bera S., Bankar S.P., Malap N., Varghese M., Safai P.D., Konwar M. Todekar K.S., Jaya Rao Y., Murugavel P., Prabhakaran Thara, Hygroscopic growth and CCN activation of aerosols during Indian Summer Monsoon over a rain-shadow region, Atmospheric Research, 267: 105976, April 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105976, 1-13

38. Kulkarni G., Sandeep J., Murugavel P., Chowdhuri S., Konwar M., Dinesh G., Todekar K., Bankar S., Dixit S.A., Malap N., Prabhakaran Thara, Evaluation of high-resolution WRF model forecasts and their use for cloud seeding decisions, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 228: 105825, February 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2022.105825, 1-14

37. 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

36. Samanta S., Prabhakaran Thara, Murugavel P., Suneetha P., Rainfall types in the lifecycle of a stationary cloud cluster during the Indian Summer Monsoon: An investigation with numerical simulations and radar observation, Atmospheric Research, 263: 105794, December 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105794, 1-15

35. Samanta S., Murugavel P., Gurnule D., Jaya Rao Y., Vivekanandan J., Prabhakaran Thara, The Life Cycle of a Stationary Cloud Cluster during the Indian Summer Monsoon: A Microphysical Investigation Using Polarimetric C-Band Radar, Monthly Weather Review, 149, November 2021, DOI:10.1175/MWR-D-20-0274.1, 3761-3780

34. Varghese M., Jose J., Anu A.S., Konwar M., Murugavel P., Kalarikkal N., Deshpande M., Prabhakaran Thara, Vertical profile of aerosol characteristics including activation over a rain shadow region in India, Atmospheric Environment, 262: 118653, October 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118653, 1-13

33. Varghese M., Jose J., Anu A.S., Murugavel P., Resmi E.A., Bera S., Thomas S., Konwar M., Kalarikkal N., Prabhakaran Thara, Cloud and aerosol characteristics during dry and wet days of southwest monsoon over the rain shadow region of Western Ghats, India, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 133, August 2021, DOI:10.1007/s00703-021-00811-3, 1299-1316

32. Raut B.A., Konwar M., Murugavel P., Kadge D., Gurnule D., Sayyed I., Todekar K., Malap N., Bankar S., Prabhakaran Thara, Microphysical origin of raindrop size distributions during the Indian monsoon, Geophysical Research Letters, 48: e2021GL093581, August 2021, DOI:10.1029/2021GL093581, 1-12

31. Chowdhuri S., Todekar K., Murugavel P., Karipot A., Prabhakaran Thara, Unravelling the turbulent structures of temperature variations during a gust front event: a case study, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 21, February 2021, DOI:10.1007/s10652-020-09769-z, 263-281

30. Deb Burman P.K., Shurpali N.J., Chowdhuri S., Karipot A., Chakraborty S., Lind S.E., Martikainen P.J., Chellappan S., Arola A., Tiwari Y.K., Murugavel P., Gurnule D., Todekar K., Prabha T.V., Eddy covariance measurements of CO2 exchange from agro-ecosystems located in subtropical (India) and boreal (Finland) climatic conditions, Journal of Earth System Science, Online, 2020, doi:10.1007/s12040-019-1305-4/1-18

29. Varghese M., Prabha Thara V., Murugavel P., Anu A. S., Resmi E. A., Dinesh G., Jaya Rao Y., Nagare B., Safai P. D., Nair Sathy, K. Nandakumar, Vishnu R., Bhavani Kumar Y., Aerosol and cloud droplet characteristics over Ganges Valley during break phase of monsoon: A case study, Atmospheric Research, 220, 2019, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.01.013, 125-140

28. Samanta S., Kulkarni G., Murugavel P., Balaji B., Malap N., Jaya Rao Y., Deshpande S.M., Sonbawne S.M., Suneetha P., Prabha T.V., Case study of a convective cluster over the rain shadow region of Western Ghats using Multi-platform Observations and WRF Model, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Online, 2019, DOI:10.1007/s00024-019-02360-8, 1-27 (Published online)

27. Resmi E.A., Murugavel P., Gurnule Dinesh, Balaji B., Leena P.P., Varghese Mercy, Nair Sathy, Chowdhuri Subharthi, Tiwari Y., Karipot A., Thara Prabhakaran, Observed diurnal and intraseasonal variations in boundary layer winds over Ganges valley, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 188, 2019, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2019.03.012, 11-25

26. Pithani P., Ghude S.D., Prabhakaran Thara, Karipot A., Hazra A., Kulkarni R., Chowdhuri Subharthi, Resmi E.A., Konwar M., Murugavel P., Safai P.D., Chate D.M., Tiwari Y., Jenamani R.K., Rajeevan M., WRF model sensitivity to choice of PBL and microphysics parameterization for an advection fog event at Barkachha, rural site in the Indo-Gangetic basin, India, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 136, 2019, DOI:10.1007/s00704-018-2530-5, 1099-1113

25. Leena P.P., Pandithurai G., Gayatri K., Murugavel P., Ruchith R.D., Sakharam S., Dani K.K., Patil C., Dharmaraj T., Patil M.N., Thara Prabhakaran, Analysing the characteristic features of a pre-monsoon thunderstorm event over Pune, India, using ground-based observations and WRF model, Journal of Earth System Science, 128:108, 2019, DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1136-3, 1-15

24. Bera S., Prabha T.V., Malap N., Patade S., Konwar M., Murugavel P., Axisa D., Thermodynamics and Microphysics Relation During CAIPEEX-I, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 176, 2019, DOI:10.1007/s00024-018-1942-6, 371–388

23. Sin’kevich A.A., Boe B., Mikhailovskii Y.P., Dovgalyuk Y.A., Veremei N.E., Gopalakrishnan V., Murugavel P., Pawar S.D., Investigation of Cu cong seeding effect during rainfall augmentation in India, Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 43, 2018, 209-217

22. Chate D.M., Waghmare R.T., Jena C.K., Gopalkrishnan V., Murugavel P., Ghude S.D., Kulkarni Rachana, Devara P.C.S., Cloud Condensation Nuclei over the Bay of Bengal during the Indian Summer Monsoon, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 35, 2018, DOI:10.1007/s00376-017-6331-z, 218-223

21. Sin’kevich A.A., Dovgalyuk Yu. A., Veremei N.E., Kurov A.B., Mikhailovskii Yu. P., Bogdanov E.V., Toropova M.L., Ignat’ev A.A., Adzhiev A.Kh., Malkarova A.M., Abshaev A.M., Gopalakrishnan V., Murugavel P., Pawar S.D., Investigations of the development of thunderstorm with hail. Part 3. Numerical simulation of cloud evolution, Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 42, 2017, DOI:10.3103/S1068373917080027, 494-502

20. Pawar S.D., Gopalakrishnan V., Murugavel P., Veremey N.E., Sinkevich A.A., Possible role of aerosols in the charge structure of isolated thunderstorms, Atmospheric Research, 183, 2017, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.09.016, 331–340

19. Murugavel P., Malap N., Balaji B., Mehajan R. K., Prabha T. V., Precipitable water as a predictor of LCL height, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 130, 2017, DOI:10.1007/s00704-016-1872-0, 467-476

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

17. Ghude S.D., Bhat G.S., Prabha T., Jenamani R.K., Chate D.M., Safai P.D., Karipot A.K., Konwar M., Pithani P., Sinha V., Rao P.S.P., Dixit S.A., Tiwari S., Todekar K., Varpe S., Srivastava A.K., Bisht D.S., Murugavel P., Ali K., Mina U., Dharua M., Jaya Rao Y., Padmakumari B., Hazra A., Nigam N., Shende U., Lal D.M., et.al., Acharja P., Kulkarni R., Subharthi C., Balaji B., Varghese M., Bera S., Ra, Winter fog experiment over the Indo-Gangetic plains of India, Current Science, 112, 2017, DOI:10.18520/cs/v112/i04/767-784,767-784

16. Chate D.M., Waghmare R.T., Gopalakrishnan V., Murugavel P., Ghude S.D., Cloud Condensation Nuclei activity in the tropical marine regions during Indian southwest monsoon, Journal of Aerosol Science, 114, 2017, DOI:10.1016/j.jaerosci.2017.09.022, 276–282

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

14. Resmi E.A., Malap N., Kulkarni G., Murugavel P., Nair S., Burger R., Prabha T.V., Diurnal cycle of convection during the CAIPEEX 2011 experiment, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 126, 2016, DOI:10.1007/s00704-015-1595-7, 351–367

13. Leena P. P., Pandithurai G., Anilkumar V., Murugavel P., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Seasonal variability in aerosol, CCN and their relationship observed at a high altitude site in Western Ghats, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 128, 2016, DOI:10.1007/s00703-015-0406-0, 143-153

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

11. Veremei N.E., Dovgalyuk Yu. A., Gopalakrishnan V., Komarovskrikh K.F., Murugavel P., Pawar S.D., Sinkevich A.A., Studying the effects of severe Aerosol Pollution of the atmosphere on the dynamics of cumulonimbus cloud charge structure by Numerical Modeling, Russian Meteorology and Hydrology, 40, 2015, DOI:10.3103/S1068373915120018, 777-786

10. Pawar S.D., Gopalakrishnan V., Murugavel P., Role of orography in inducing high lightning flash rate at the foothills of Himalaya, Earth, Planets and Space, 67:51, 2015, DOI:10.1186/s40623-015-0221-3, 1-7

9. Pawar S.D., Gopalkrishnan V., Murugavel P., Sinkevich A., Lal D.M., Effects of environmental conditions on inducing charge structures of thunderstorms over Eastern India, Earth, Planets and Space, 66, 2014, DOI:10.1186/1880-5981-66-54, 1-23

8. Murugavel P., Pawar S.D., Gopalakrishan V., Climatology of lightning over Indian region and its relationship with convective available potential energy, International Journal of Climatology, 34, 2014, DOI:10.1002/joc.3901, 3179-3187

7. Nagaraja K., Pawar S.D., Murugavel P., Gopalakrishnan V., Electrical conductivity of the stratosphere, Mapana Journal of Sciences, 12, 2013, 39-48

6. Pawar S.D., Lal D.M., Murugavel P., Lightning characteristics over central India during Indian summer monsoon, Atmospheric Research, 106, 2012, 44-49

5. Murugavel P., Pawar S.D., Gopalakrishnan V., Trends of Convective Available Potential Energy over the Indian region and its effect on rainfall, International Journal of Climatology, 32, 2012, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2359, 1362-1372

4. Pawar S.D., Murugavel P., Gopalkrishnan V., New particle formation by ion-induced nucleation during dissipation stage of thunderstorm, Journal of Earth System Science, 120, 2011, 843–850

3. Murugavel P., Chate D.M., Volatile properties of atmospheric aerosols during nucleation events at Pune, India, Journal of Earth System Science, 120, 2011, 1-11

2. Kamsali N., Pawar S.D., Murugavel P., Gopalakrishnan V., Estimation of small ion concentration near the Earths surface, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 73, 2011, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2011.07.011, 2345-2351

1. Murugavel P. and Kamra A.K., Changes in the concentration and size-distribution of the sub-micron particles associated with the sea and land breezes at a coastal station, Current Science, 76, 1999, 994-997

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भारतीय उष्णदेशीय मौसम विज्ञान संस्थान
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Shri. P. Murugavel

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904463

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

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

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Research Highlight

Scientist Profile

Shri. P. Murugavel

Designation : Scientist F

Phone : +91-(0)20-25904463

Fax : +91-(0)20-25865142

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

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Research Highlight

Designation

: Scientist F

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904463

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

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