CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: DR. K. KRISHANMOORTHY

Title and Affiliation: DIRECTOR, SPACE PHYSICS LABORATORY, VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE, (INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANIZATION), TRIVANDRUM 695022.Phone: + 91-471-2563663(Off), 91-471-2323542(R)Fax: +91 2706 535

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master of Science in Physics with wireless as special subject, University of Kerala, 1972

• Doctor of Philosophy, (Physics) in Faculty of Science, University of Kerala, 1986.o Thesis title: Equatorial Ionospheric Scintillations; Supervisor: Dr BV Krishna Murthy

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION & RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Aerosol Radiative Forcing over India, Regional aerosol characterization, Microphysics and Radiative Transfer. Experimentalist by profession, with expertise in conceiving and executing large filed campaigns and implementing co-ordinated national experimental programs

• Aerosol impact on snow and glaciers and new particle formation

• Equatorial ionospheric scintillationsGeneral: Atmospheric sciences in general, Boundary Layer processes, Convection,

dynamics and Equatorial Aeronomy

DATE OF JOINING ISRO: 24 MAY 1973

SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

• Diversifying and strengthening the Space and Planetary research component of Space Physics Laboratory, in the capacity as its Director.

• Establishing a national network (ARFINET) of 40 aerosol observatories covering the Indian Mainland and adjoining islands from Trivandrum to Hanle (at 4.5 km above sea level), and from Nalia in the west to Dibrugarh in the East, with inter-institutional and University collaboration and collective teamwork

• Provided the spectral AOD data from ARFINET stations for the period 2000-2010 to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for developing solar energy models for National Solar Energy Mission

• Contributed to extensive capacity building in the field of the science of atmospheric aerosols, their microphysics and radiative impacts, resulting in a proliferation of this field in this region

• Conceived and led from the front major field campaigns (ICARB - Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget & W- ICARB), the biggest of their kind, for aerosol investigations over the ocean(dedicated and specially instrumented research ship), land (ARFINET stations) and atmosphere (instrumented aircraft) drawing scientists from a all national laboratories, research institutions and universities, inculcating the mode of collective teamwork, and leading to the discovery of the meridional gradient in the lower atmospheric warming by elevated aerosol layers over Indian mainland

AWARDS, HONOURS AND RECOGNITIONS

• KR Ramanathan Medal from INSA - 2011

• Elected Fellow – National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India (since 2009)

• Elected Fellow – Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, India (since 2008)

• Elected Fellow – Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore since (2005)

• First PRL award for outstanding contributions in the area of Earth and Planetary sciences, including Oceans (in 1998).

• Lead author to the paper, selected for the WMO Young Scientist Award 2002

• Best Paper award, middle atmospheric sciences in the National Space Sciences Symposium, 1997

• Second Best Paper awards in the national space sciences symposia of 1992 & 1990

• Reviewer, Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), IPCC, since 2011

• Member, Sectional Committee for Earth and Planetary Science, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, since 2010

• Member, Sectional Committee for Earth. Planetary and Space Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, since 2011

• Editor, Advances in Meteorology (special issue on aerosols), since 2009• Associated Editor, Journal of Earth System Science, since 2006• Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, since 2011• Member, Advisory Committee for the UGC sponsored Centre for Advanced

Studies, Andhra University since 2006 • Member, Academic Council, Cochin University of Science and Technology• Recognized Research guide: of 4 Universities across the Nation• Invited and invited guest faculty to SERC Schools and refresher courses

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• MEMBER, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, NICES (NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES), SINCE 2012

• MEMBER, GOVERNING COUNCIL, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM, SINCE 2012

• MEMBER, PROGRAM ADVISORY AND MONITORING COMMITTEE, (ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES) MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES, SINCE 2012

• MEMBER, SRMC, NATIONAL MONSOON MISSION, SINCE 2012

• MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NARL, SINCE 2012

• MEMBER, PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, SERB, DST, SINCE 2011

• MEMBER, NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, NSS_2012

• MEMBER, JOINT SCIENTIFIC WORKING GROUP, MEGHA-TROPIQUES, SINCE 2011

• MEMBER, EXPERTS GROUP FOR SPACE WEATHER, United Nations Office of Outer Space, since 2011

• CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE OF RAWEX-GVAX, SINCE 2011

• MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND RESEARCH CENTRE (EMRC), MOES, SINCE 2011

• MEMBER, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT BOARD, ISRO-GEOSPHERE BIOSPHERE PROGRAM

• MEMBER, STANDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SAC_ARCC), MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (MOES)

• MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND RESEARCH CENTRE, MOES

• MEMBER, RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY, MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (MOES)- SINCE 2008

• MEMBER, NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE, CAIPEEX PROJECT OF MOES

• MEMBER, SCIENTIFIC STEERING COMMITTEE, CTCZ PROGRAMME, MOES AND CO-CHAIR, WORKING GROUP ON AEROSOLS AND CLOUDS

• MEMBER, RESEARCH COUNCIL, CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCE STUDIES, TRIVANDRUM

• MEMBER, FACULTY OF MARINE SCIENCES, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• MEMBER, ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES SETUP BY THE UGC AT ANDHRA UNIVERSITY

• MEMBER, EXPERTS COMMITTEE ON THE NATIONAL CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL PROGRAM, MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS

• MEMBER, ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPACE RESEARCH, SINCE 2010

• INVITEE, NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE, CAWSES-INDIA PROGRAM

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES: • Life member, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association

• Life member, Indian Meteorological Society

MAJOR NEW STARTS IN SPL• Polar Research (Multi-disciplinary) covering Arctic and Antarctic• MENCA onboard Mars Orbiter Mission – 2013 • Shortlisting of SPL Experiments on Indian Lunar Lander onboard Chandrayaan – 2

o RaSMI: Radio Sounding of Moon’s Ionosphereo RAMBHA: Radio Anatomy of Moon-bound Hypersensitive Atmosphere &

ionosphere• Initiated setting up of

o Integrated Lidar Systemo 50 MHz Active Aperture VHF Radaro UHF Low Altitude Wind Profiler.

MAJOR NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS EXECUTED/ PARTICIPATED

1. Project Director, RAWEX-GVAX, joint INDO-US project (2011-12)

2. Project Director, ARFI project of ISRO-GBP (2007- … )

3. Project Director and Chief Scientist, ICARB & WICARB (2006 - … )

4. Co-ordinator, SPL experiments during Land Campaigns 1 and 2 of ISRO-GBP

5. Principal Investigator, Aerosol Research, Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment, Indian Climate Research Program (2003 -06)

6. Investigator, Aerosol Characterization, INDOEX and INDOEX-India program (1996-2000)

PUBLICATIONS (AS ON OCTOBER 2012):

• Chapters in Book: 4

• Refereed Journals: 169

• Refereed Proceedings: 39

• Scientific / Technical Reports: 23

• Total Citations: 2526

• H-index: 28

Ph. D Research Supervised: 8

ADJUDICATOR OF PH. D / MS THESES: 7 Reviewer: Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Atmospheric

Environment, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Journal of Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Journal of Earth System Science, Advances in Meteorology, Current Science, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics

Evaluator: Research proposals to the Department of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences

MILESTONES: • In-house Development of receivers system for the Coherent multi-frequency

Radio Beacon transmissions from ATS-6 satellite and SITE downlink & collection of data on amplitude scintillations, Faraday rotation and group delay (1974-1976)

• Characterization of equatorial scintillations and the causative irregularity spectra (1975-82)

• In-house development of Multi-Wavelength solar Radiometer (MWR) and deployment to establish a small network under IMAP (1983-1988)

• Development of PC compatible MWR-MKII, enabling automation, under ISRO-GBP (1992-94)

• Establishment of the first island station Minicoy, in the Arabian Sea, for marine aerosol characterization under I_GBP and continuous all season data collection, with the support of IMD (1995-98)

• Participation in the INDOEX-India programme, co-ordinated by ISRO & Installation of MWR at University of Mauritius (1995-2000)

• Initiating BC measurements in India and demonstration of the use experimental closure methods for estimating Aerosol Radiative Forcing (2000-03)

• Establishment of the ISRO Laboratory for Aerosols, Radiation and Chemistry at Port Blair with the support of ISTRAC (2001 -)

• Extensive investigation of Long-range transport of aerosols and resulting spatio-temporal heterogeneity in radiative impacts under the Arabian Sea Monsoon Experiment of the Indian Climate Research Programme (2003-05)

• Co-ordinating the LC-1 and LC-2 under ISRO-GBP leading spatio-temporal characterization of aerosols and impact of boundary layer processes (2004)

• Installing the first high altitude MWR station at Nainital, jointly with ARIES (2003-04)

• Expedition to Southern Ocean (2004)

• First aircraft measurements of altitude profiles of aerosol BC (2004)

• Design and execution of ICARB (the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget) as its project Director and chief scientist of its Ocean segment (2006)

• Bringing out a compendium of the ICARB results as a Special issue of the Journal of Earth System Sciences and discovery of the elevated atmospheric warming by aerosol absorption (2007-08).

• Formulation of ARFI project and establishment of the ARFI network (2007-10)

• Scientific expeditions to Antarctica under the 27th and 28th ISEA during the international polar year (2007-09)

• Formulation of RAWEX (Regional Aerosol Warming Experiment, 2009-…)

• Design and Execution of W_ICARB and first aircraft measurements from Port Blair (2009)

• Establishment of the ARFI observatory at Hanle, 4.5 km above sea level (2009….)

• First measurements of vertical profiles of BC in the troposphere using high altitude balloons jointly with TIFR Balloon Facility (2010)

• Realising the longest Indian aerosol data from Hanle (since 2009) and Arctic (since 2011)

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PATENT: Sun-tracking radiometer – Filed with the Chennai patent office (NO:1216/CHE/2009 dated. 26-05-2009); the only one from SPL

LAST UPDATE: 01 NOVEMBER 2012

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS (UPDATED NOV 2012)

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. (Cited 95 times)

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; cited 64 times).

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, Atmospheirc Environment, 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. (cited 98 times)

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 (cited 134 times)

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 Science , 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 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 Science , 117, S1, 303-313, 2008

100. Vijayakumar S Nair, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S Suresh Babu, K Narasimhulu, Siva Sankara Reddy, R Ramakrishna Reddy, K Rama Gopal, V Sreekant, B L Madhavan, and K Niranjan, Size segregated aerosol mass concentration measurements over the Arabian Sea during ICARB, Journal of Earth System Science, 117, S1, 2315-323, 2008.

101. U. C. Dumka, S. K. Satheesh, P. Pant, P. Hegde, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Reply to comment by S. Ramachandran on ‘‘Surface changes in solar irradiance due to aerosols over central Himalayas’’ Geophysical Research Letters , 35, L04813, doi:10.1029/2007GL030556, 2008

102. Vijayakumar S Nair, S. Suresh Babu, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Spatial distribution and spectral characteristics of aerosol single scattering albedo over the Bay of Bengal inferred from shipborne measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L10806, doi:10.1029/2008GL033687, 2008.

103. L A K Reddy, U C Kulshrestha, J Satyanarayana, Monika J Kulshrestha and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Chemical Characteristics of PM10 Aerosols and Air-Mass Trajectories over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea during ICARB, Journal of Earth System Science , 117, S1, 345-352, 291, 2008.

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 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 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 Earth System Science , 117, S1, 399-405, 2008.

107. Vijayakumar S. Nair, S. Suresh Babu, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol characteristics 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 Geophysical Research, 113, D15208, doi:10.1029/2008JD009823, 2008.

108. Vijayakumar S Nair, S Suresh Babu, S. K. Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Effect of 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 Research Letters, 35, L19809, doi:10.1029/2008GL034944, 2008

110. S. K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, V. Vinoj, Vijayakumar S. Nair, 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, 114, D05204, doi:10.1029/2008JD011033, 2009

111. Naseema Beegum, S., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, S.K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, K.V.S. Badarinath, P.D. Safai, P.C.S. Devara, Sacchidanand Singh, Vinod, U.C. Dumka, P. Pant, Spatial distribution of aerosol black carbon over India during pre-monsoon season Atmospheric Environment, 43, 1071–1078, 2009.

112. Beegum, S. N., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S. Babu, R. R. Reddy, and K. R. Gopal, Large scale modulations of spectral aerosol optical depths by atmospheric planetary waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03810, doi:10.1029/2008GL036509, 2009.

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 of Geophysical Research, 114, D06204, doi:10.1029/2008JD011257, 2009.

114. K. Raghavendra Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, R.R. Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, L. Siva Sankara Reddy, G. Balakrishnaiah, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Temporal and spectral characteristics of aerosol optical depths in a semi-arid region of southern India, Science of the Total Environment, 407, 2673-2688, 2009.

115. Gogoi, M. M., K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. S. Babu, and P. K. Bhuyan, Climatology of columnar aerosol properties and the influence of synoptic conditions: First-time results from the northeastern region of India, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, D08202, doi:10.1029/2008JD010765, 2009.

116. V. Vinoj and S.K. Satheesh and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol characteristics at a continental urban station in southern India, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 4, 256-266, 2009.

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 assumption of visible surface reflectance in MODIS aerosol retrieval over land? A comparison with aircraft measurements over an urban site in India, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote-sensing, 47, 1990-1998, 2009.

120. Vijayakumar S. Nair, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, and SK Satheesh, Optical and Physical Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols over the Bay of Bengal during ICARB, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3032.1, 2640-2658, 2009

121. K. Raghavendra Kumar, K. Narasimhulu, G. Balakrishnaiah, B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, R.R. Reddy, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Size segregated mass concentration and size distribution of near surface aerosols over a tropical Indian semi-arid station, Anantapur: Impact of long range transport, Science of the Total Environment, 407, 5589–5604, 2009.

122. K. Raghavendra Kumar, K. Narasimhulua, R.R. Reddy,, K. Rama Gopal, L. Siva Sankara Reddy, G. Balakrishnaiah, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Temporal and spectral characteristics of aerosol optical depths in a semi-arid region of southern India, Science of the Total Environment, 407, 2673-2688, 2009.

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 Solar-Terrestr ial Physics 71,1846–1857, 2009

124. S. Naseema Beegum, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, R. Ramakrishna Reddy, K. Rama Gopal and Y. Nazeer Ahmed, Quasi-biennial oscillations in spectral aerosol optical depth, Atmospheric Science Letters, 10, 279–284, DOI: 10.1002/asl.243, 2009

125. S. K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, S. Suresh Babu, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, and Vijayakumar S. Nair, Vertical distribution of aerosols over the east coast of India inferred from airborne LIDAR measurements Ann. Geophys., 27, 4157–4169, 2009

126. K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Vijayakumar S. Nair, S. Suresh Babu and S. K. Satheesh, Spatial and vertical heterogeneities in aerosol properties over oceanic regions around India:

Implications for radiative forcing, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 135, 2131–2145, DOI: 10.1002/qj.525, 2009.

127. 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, A study on the variations of optical and physical properties of aerosols over a tropical semi-arid station during grassland fire, Atmospheric Research, 95, 77-87, 2010.

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, 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 Meteorology , 2010 , 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 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 Research , 115, D19204, doi:10.1029/2009JD013462, 14 pages, 2010

134. S. Suresh Babu, V. Sreekanth, Vijayakumar S Nair, S.K. Satheesh, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Vertical profile of aerosol single scattering albedo over west coast of India during W_ICARB, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestr ia l Physics , 72, doi:10.1016/ j.jastp.2010.04.013, 876–882, 2010.

135. S.K. Satheesh, V. Vinoj, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Radiative effects of aerosols at an urban location in southern India: Observations versus model, Atmospheric 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 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 pristine” southern Bay of Bengal: Climate implications, Journal of Geophysical Research , 115, D21201, doi:10.1029/2010JD013954.

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 Science , 99, 1384-1389, 2010

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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestr ial Physics , 73 (2011) 430–438

149. A. Smirnov, B. N. Holben, D. M. Giles, I. Slutsker, N. T. O’Neill, T. F. Eck, A. Macke, P. Croot, Y. Courcoux, S. M. Sakerin, T. J. Smyth, T. Zielinski, G. Zibordi, J. I. Goes, M. J. Harvey, P. K. Quinn, N. B. Nelson, V. F. Radionov, C. M. Duarte, R. Losno, J. Sciare, K. J. Voss, S. Kinne, N. R. Nalli, E. Joseph, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, D. S. Covert, S. K. Gulev, G. Milinevsky, P. Larouche, S. Belanger, E. Horne, M. Chin, L. A. Remer, R. A. Kahn, J. S. Reid, M. Schulz, C. L. Heald, J. Zhang, K. Lapina, R. G. Kleidman, J. Griesfeller, B. J. Gaitley, Q. Tan, and T. L. Dieh, Maritime aerosol network as a component of AERONET – first results and comparison with global aerosol models and satellite retrievals, Atmospheric Measurement Technology, 4, 583–597, 2011, doi:10.5194/amt-4-583-2011

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 Letters , 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. 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, Atmospheric Research , 101, 307–313, 2011B.

153. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K. Raghavendra Kumar, G. Balakrishnaiah, K. Rama Gopal, R.R. Reddy, L.S.S. Reddy, K. Narasimhulu, S. Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, T. Kiran Kumar, C. Balanarayana, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Aerosol climatology over an urban site, Tirupati (India) derived from columnar and surface measurements: First time results obtained from a 30-day campaign, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestr ial Physics 73, 1727–1738, 2011.

154. U.C. Dumka, K.KRISHNAMOORTHY, S.N.Tripathi, P.Hegde, RamSagar, Altitude variation of aerosol properties over the Himalayan range inferred from spatial measurements, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestr ial Physics, 73, 1747–1761, 2011.

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 black carbon and surface aerosol mass concentrations at a tropical semi-arid station in southeastern region of India, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences , 42, 1297–1308, 2011.

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, 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 Research , 116, D20212, doi:10.1029/2011JD016343, 2011

158. G. Balakrishnaiah, K. Raghavendra Kumar, B. Suresh Kumar Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, R.R. Reddy, L.S.S. Reddy, K. Narasimhulu, Y. Nazeer Ahammed, C. Balanarayana, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, S. Suresh Babu, Characterization of PM, PM10 and PM2.5 mass concentrations at a tropical semi-arid station in Anantapur, India, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics , 40, 95-104, 2011.

159. Jai Prakash Chaubey, S Suresh Babu, Mukunda M Gogoi, Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, V Sreekanth, K KRISHNA MOORTHY and Tushar P Prabhu, Black Carbon Aerosol Over A High Altitude (~ 4.52 Km) Station In Western Indian Himalayas, Journal of the Institute of Engineering , 8, 42–51, 2011.

160. Sobhan Kumar Kompalli1, V. Sreekanth1, Jai Prakash Chaubey1, Mukunda M. Gogoi1, S. Suresh Babu1, Tushar P. Prabhu, And K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Aerosol Number Size Distribution Measurements At Hanle, A Free Tropospheric High-Altitude Site In Western Himalayas, Journal of the Institute of Engineering , 8, No. 3, Pp. 140–146, 2011.

161. Mukunda M Gogoi, Jai Prakash Chaubey, V Sreekanth, Sobhan Kumar Kompalli, S Suresh Babu, Tushar P Prabhu, K KRISHNA MOORTHY, Columnar Aerosol Extinction Characteristics: Measurements From A Free-Tropospheric Observatory In Western-Himalayas, Journal of the Institute of Engineering , 8, No. 3, 52–57, 2011.

162. Manoj Kumar Mishra, K. Rajeev n, Anish Kumar M. Nair, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, K. Parameswaran, Impact of a noon-time annular solar eclipse on the mixing layer height and vertical distribution of aerosols in the atmospheric boundary layer, Journal of

Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestr ial Physics , 74, 232–237, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2011.10.012, 2011.

163. S.S. Prijith, Marina Aloysius, Mannil Mohan, Naseema Beegum, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, Role of circulation parameters in long range aerosol transport: Evidence from Winter-ICARB, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestr ial Physics, 77 , 144-151, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2011.12.008, 2012

164. Vijayakumar S Nair, V. S., F. Solmon, F. Giorgi, L. Mariotti, S. S. Babu, and K. KRISHNA MOORTHY Simulation of South Asian aerosols for regional climate studies, Journal of Geophysical Research , 117, D04209, doi:10.1029/2011JD016711, 2012.

165. S. Naseema Beegum, K. KRISHNA MOORTHY, D. Bala Subrahamanyam, N.V.P. Kiran 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 Solar-Terrestr ial 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 Environment , 50, 360-372, 2012.

167. 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 Research , 117, D06213, doi:10.1029/2011JD017355, 2012.

168. 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, Annals Geophysicae , 30, 1113–1127, doi:10.5194/angeo-30-1113-2012, 2012.

169. 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.

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

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, WCC-3 Climate Sense, Ed GR Asrar, World Meteorological Organization, Tudor Rose, UK, ISBN 978-92-63-11403-5, 157-160, 2009.