आईआईटीएम
IITM

Member of renowned society

1. Life Member – Indian Meteorological Society (IMS)

    Executive Committee Member (IMS, Pune Chapter)

    IMS National Council Member

2. Life Member – Indian Aerosol Science & Technology Association (IASTA)

3. Member – Optical Society of India (OSI)

• Reviewer of journals

• Current Science
• Journal of Earth System Sciences
• Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics
• Journal of Geophysical Research

Highlights of the research work carried out

• Study of Convection over the Indian Ocean using the Satellite Data.
• Role of vertical shear and thermodynamical conditions in the development of the mesoscale convective complexes over the western coasts of India in the monsoon season.
• Temporal evaluation of stratiform and convective components of the cloud systems revealed by operational C band radar over peninsular region in the monsoon season.
• Study of stratiform rain drop size distributions using Micro Rain Radar data. 
• In Cloud Observations of Supercooled Rain and its Freezing from aircraft observations.
• Aerosol and cloud characteristics over the normal and rain shadow regions in  India.
• Satellite observed aerosol-cloud interactions over northern part of India.
• Aircraft Observations of Cloud Drop Size Distributions in Different Regions over India During Monsoon 2009.
• High aerosol concentrations near the foot hills of Himalayas – A case study from CAIPEEX.
• Aircraft measurements of vertical and spatial distribution of aerosol concentration and size over different environments in India.
• Aerosol and cloud characteristics over the normal and rain shadow regions in India.
• Validation of various formulations for effective radius of droplets in warm clouds using  CAIPEEX aircraft observations.
• Vertical Profiles of Black Carbon Aerosols and BC induced Heating Rates over Bangalore and Hyderabad.
• Insights to the topographic and aerosol roles in the heavy rainfall at the Western Ghats and the scarce rainfall farther east at the rain shadow as observed in CAIPEEX.
• Onset of warm rain process in convective cloud: as observed in CAIPEEX program.
• Aerosol Indirect Effects from ground-based retrievals - first time from ground-based radiometric measurements over India.
• Variability of monsoon intra-cloud and inter-cloud microphysics from aircraft measurements during CAIPEEX-2009.
• Numerical investigation of species control on ice microphysics.
• Radar Investigations of  Cloud characteristics over the rain shadow region.
• Seasonal changes in aerosol properties and their possible influence on aerosol-cloud interactions.
• Analytical investigations of the unprecedented hail storm events
• Aerosol indirect effect on monsoon clouds over the high altitude station.

• Sponsored project

1. DST-SERC  FAST TRACK Project during 2001-2004

Refereed Journals

67. Morwal S. B., Narkhedkar S.G., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Kothawale D.R., Dani K. K., Burger R., Bruintjes R. T. and Kulkarni J. R., Cloud characteristics over the rain-shadow region of North Central peninsular India during monsoon withdrawal and post-withdrawal periods, Climate Dynamics, 46, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2595-0, 495-514.

66. Morwal S. B., Narkhedkar S. G., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R. S., Deshpande C. G.and Kulkarni J. R., Intra-seasonal and Inter-annual variability of Bowen Ratio over rain-shadow region of north peninsular India, Theoretical Applied Climatology, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s00704-016-1745-6, 1-10.

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

64. Hazra A., Padma kumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Chen J-P.  :Effect of mineral dust and soot aerosols on ice microphysics near the foothills of the Himalayas: A numerical investigation, Atmospheric Research, 171, 2016, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.12.005, 41–55.

63. Morwal S.B., Narkhedkar S.G., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Kothawale D.R., Dani K.K., Burger R., Bruintjes R.T., Kulkarni J.R.: Cloud characteristics over the rain-shadow region of North Central peninsular India during monsoon withdrawal and post-withdrawal periods, Climate Dynamics, 46, 2016, DOI:10.1007/s00382-015-2595-0, 495-514.

62. Morwal S.B., Narkhedkar S.G., Padmakumari B., Maheshkumar R.S., Deshpande C.G., Kulkarni J.R.: Intra-seasonal and Inter-annual variability of Bowen Ratio over rain-shadow region of North peninsular India, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, online, 2016, DOI:10.1007/s00704-016-1745-6, 1-10.

61. Vasudevan Anil Kumar, Govindan Pandithurai, Parakkatt Parambil Leena, Kundan K. Dani, Palani Murugavel, Sunil M. Sonbawne, Rohit D. Patil, and Rajamma Sukumaran Maheskumar,  Investigation of aerosol indirect effects on monsoon clouds using ground-based measurements over a high-altitude site In Western Ghats, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8423–8430, 2016, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8423-2016.

60. Narkhedkar S.G., Morwal S.B., Padmakumari B., Deshpande C.G., Kothawale D.R., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R. : Rainfall mechanism over the rain-shadow region of north peninsular India, Climate Dynamics, 45, 2015, DOI:10.1007/s00382-014-2403-2, 1493-1512.

59. Morwal S.B., Brenguier J.-L., Padma Kumari B., Maheshkumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R.: Variability of monsoon intracloud and intercloud microphysics over the Indian subcontinent, Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 2015, DOI:10.1002/2015JD023533, 1-16.

58. Harikishan G., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R. : Radiative effect of dust aerosols on cloud microphysics and meso-scale dynamics during monsoon breaks over Arabian sea, Atmospheric Environment, 105, 2015, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.037, 22-31.

57. Deshpande C.G., Bhalwankar R., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Axisa D., Kulkarni J.R.: Possible evidence of new particle formation and its impact on cloud microphysics from airborne measurements over Bay of Bengal, Atmospheric Research, 140-141, 2014, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.01.014,1-13.

56. Harikishan G., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Min Q.L.: Macrophysical and microphysical properties of monsoon clouds over a rain shadow region in India from ground-based radiometric measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 2014, DOI:10.1002/2013JD020872, 4736-4749.

55. Maheskumar R. S., Narkhedkar S. G., Morwal S. B., Padmakumari B., Kothawale D. R., Joshi R. R., Deshpande C. G., Bhalwankar R. V., Kulkarni J. R. : Mechanism of high rainfall over the Indian west coast region during the monsoon season, Climate Dynamics, 43, 2014, DOI:10.1007/s00382-013-1972-9, 1513-1529.

54. Patade S., Nagare B., Wagh S., Maheskumar R.S., Prabha T.V., Pradeep Kumar P. : Deposition ice nuclei observations over the Indian region during CAIPEEX, Atmospheric Research, 149, 2014, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.07.001, 300-314.

53. Kulkarni J.R., Morwal S.B., Narkhedkar S.G., Maheskumar R.S., Padmakumari B., Sunitha Devi S., Rajeevan M. : Unprecedented hailstorms over north peninsular India during February-March 2014, Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 2015, DOI:10.1002/2015JD023093, 1-14.

52. Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Harikishan G., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N.: Comparative study of aircraft- and satellite-derived aerosol and cloud microphysical parameters during CAIPEEX-2009 over the Indian region, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, 2013, DOI:10.1080/01431161.2012.705442, 358–373.

51. Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Harikishan G., Morwal S.B., Prabha T.V., Kulkarni J.R.: In situ measurements of aerosol vertical and spatial distributions over continental India during the major drought year 2009, Atmospheric Environment, 80, 2013, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.07.064,107-121.

50. Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Morwal S.B., Harikishan G., Konwar M., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N.: Aircraft observations of elevated pollution layers near the foothills of the Himalayas during CAIPEEX-2009, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 139, 2013, DOI:10.1002/qj.1989, 625-638.

49. Dani K.K., Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Pandithurai G., Sonbawne S.M., Maheskumar R.S., Saha S.K., Jaya Rao Y.: Long-term trends and variability in measured multi-spectral aerosol optical depth over a tropical urban station in India, International Journal of Climatology, 32, 2012, DOI: 10.1002/joc.2250, 153-160.

48. Devara P.C.S., Jaya Rao Y., Dani K.K., Maheskumar R.S., Saha S.K., Raj P.E., Sonbawne S.M.: Aerosol, Ozone and water Vapour distributions observed over land and sea regions during INDOEX field phases, Marine Science, 2, 2012, DOI:10.5923/j.ms.20120205.06, 77-84.

47. 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., Nair Sathy, Sapre V.V., Puranik P.V., Kandalgaonkar S.S., Mujumdar V.R., Khaladkar R.M., Vijaykumar R., Prabha T.V., Goswami B.N.: Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX): overview and preliminary results, Current Science, 102, 2012, 413-425.

46. Konwar M., Maheskumar R.S., Das S.K., Morwal S.B.: Nature of light rain during presence and absence of bright band, Journal of Earth System Science, 121, 2012, 947-961.

45. Morwal S.B., Maheshkumar R.S., Padma Kumari B., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N.: Cloud microphysical properties over Indian monsoon regions during CAIPEEX-2009, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 81-82, 2012, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2012.04.01076-85.

44. Konwar M., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J. R., Freud E., Goswami B.N., Rosenfeld D. : Aerosol control on depth of warm rain in convective clouds, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, 2012, D13204, DOI:10.1029/2012JD017585, 1-10.

43. Nair S., Sanjay J., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R. : On the parameterization of cloud droplet effective radius using CAIPEEX aircraft observations for warm clouds in India, Atmospheric Research, 108, 2012, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.02.002, 104-114.

42. Prabha T.V., Patade S., Pandithurai G., Khain A., Axisa D., Pradeep Kumar P., Maheshkumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N.: Spectral width of premonsoon and monsoon clouds over Indo-Gangetic valley, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, 2012, DOI:10.1029/2011JD016837, D20205, 1-15     .

41. Pandithurai G., Dipu S., Prabha T.V., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N. : Aerosol effect on droplet spectral dispersion in warm continental cumuli, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, 2012, D16202, DOI:10.1029/2011JD016532, 1-15.

40. Safai P.D., Raju M.P., Maheshkumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R., Rao P.S.P., Devara P.C.S.: Vertical profiles of black carbon aerosols over the urban locations in South India, Science of the Total Environment, 431, 2012, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.058, 323-331          

39. Prabha T.V., Karipot A., Axisa D., Padma Kumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Konwar M., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N. : Scale interactions near the foothills of Himalayas during CAIPEEX, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, 2012, DOI:10.1029/2011JD016754, D10203, 1-19.

38. Prabha T.V., Khain A., Maheshkumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni J.R, Konwar M., Goswami B.N.: Microphysics of pre-monsoon and monsoon clouds as seen from in situ measurements during Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX), Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 68, 2011, doi: 10.1175/2011JAS3707.1, 1882-1901.

37. Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Saha S.K., Dani K.K., Maheskumar R.S.: Spatio-temporal variations in aerosol properties over the Deccan Plateau region, India, Pollution Research, 28, 2009, 1-7.

36. Devara P.C.S., Saha S.K., Raj P.E., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Tiwari Y.K., Maheskumar R.S. : Four-year climatology of total column tropical urban aerosol, ozone and water vapour distributions over Pune India, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 5, 2005, 103-114.

35. Potdar M.B., Sharma S.A., Parikh V.Y., Devara P.C.S, Raj P.E., Tiwari Y.K., Maheshkumar R.S., Dan K.K., Saha S.K., Sonbawne S.M., Rao Jaya Y., Pandithurai G.: Remote sensing of spectral signatures of tropospheric aerosols, Proc. Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 113, 2004, 103-116.

34. Devara P.C.S., Raj P. E., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar R.S. and Dani K.K.: Climate change and monsoon activity using long-term lidar aerosol observational profiles,Vayu Mandal, 31, 2004, 8-13.

33. Raj P. E., Devara P.C.S., Maheskumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K., Saha S.K., Sonbawne S.M. and Tiwari Y.K.: Results of sun photometer-derived precipitable water content over a tropical Indian Station, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43, 2004, 1452-1459.

32. Raj P. E., Devara P.C.S., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar R.S. and Dani K.K. : Some atmospheric aerosol characteristics as determined from laser angular scattering measurement at a continental urban station, Atmosfera, 16, 2004, 39-52.

31. Raj P. E., Devara P.C.S., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar R.S., Dani K.K., Saha S.K. and Sonbawne S.M.: Variability in sun photometer derived total ozone over atmosphere tropical urban station, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, 2004, doi:10.1029/2003JD004195.

30. Dani K.K., Maheskumar R.S. and Devara P.C.S.: Study of total column atmospheric aerosol optical depth, ozone and precipitable water over Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-99, Proc. Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 112, 2003, 205-221.

29. Dani K.K., Raj P. E., Maheskumar R.S. and Devara P. C.S.: Measurement of columnar aerosol, ozone and precipitable water at some high altitude sites in North India, Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 23, 2003, 126-138.

28. Dani K.K., Raj P. E., Maheskumar R.S. and Devara P.C.S. : Aerosol optical characteristics during a summer dust storm in a metropolitan city: a case study, Mausam, 54, 2003, 940-947.

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

26. Saha S.K., Raj P. E., Devara P.C.S., Sonbawne S.M., Maheskumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K., Potdar M.B., Sunny Faby and Sapra B.K. : Variation in aerosol optical depth, ozone and precipitable water obtained from identical sun photometers, Journal of Aerosol Science (Suppl.), 34, 2003, S1091-S1092.

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

24. Devara P.C.S., Maheskumar R.S., Raj P.E., Pandithurai G. and Dani K.K.: Recent trends in aerosol climatology and air pollution as inferred from multi-year lidar observations over a tropical urban station, International Journal of Climatology, 22, 2002, 435-449.

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

22. Raj P.E., Maheskumar R.S., Devara P.C.S., Sonbawne S.M., Saha S.K. and Dani K.K. : Aerosol size distribution and their temporal variation in relation to urban activity, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, 31, 2002, 140-150.

21. Raj P.E., Maheskumar R.S.,Devara P.C.S., Dani K.K., Sonbawne S.M., Saha S.K., Jaya Rao Y. and Tiwari Y.K.: Influence of urban activity on columnar aerosols, ozone and precipitable water in the city of Pune, India, Pollution Research, 21, 2002, 381-391.

20. Devara P.C.S., Maheskumar R.S., Raj P.E., Dani K.K. and Sonbawne S.M. : Some features of columnar aerosol optical depth, ozone and precipitable water contents observed over land during the INDOEX-IFP 99, Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 10, 2001, 123-130.

19. Devara P.C.S., Ramkumar M., Maheskumar R.S. and Pandithurai G.: High-spectral resolution radiometric measurements of aerosol extinction over an urban region in India Measurement Science and Technology, 12, 2001, 691-697.

18. Maheskumar R.S., Devara P.C.S., Dani K.K. and Raj P.E. :Optical characteristics of aerosols as inferred from a high spectral resolution radiometric observations over Pune during the INDOEX, IFP-99, Current Science (Supplement), 80, 2001, 115-119.

17. Maheskumar R.S., Devara P.C.S., Pandithurai G ., Raj P.E. and Dani K.K. : Study of winter aerosol optical depths over a tropical urban station, Atmosfera, 14, 2001, 159-169.

16. Maheskumar R.S., Devara P.C.S., Raj P.E., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K., and Momin G.A. Comparison of atmospheric aerosols properties inferred from direct and remote sensing techniques, Atmospheric Environment, 35, 2001, 2895-2805.

15. Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Maheskumar R.S., Dani K.K. and Saha S.K.: Spatio-temporal variations in lidar derived aerosol concentrations at Pune during INDOEX-IFP 99, Current Science(Supplement), 80, 2001, 112-114.

14. Sonbawne S.M., Maheskumar R.S., Devara P. C. S.: Optical instrumentation for environmental monitoring, Journal of Instrument Society of India, 31, 2001, 167-180.

13. Devara P.C.S., Maheskumar R.S., Raj P.E., Dani K.K., Pandithurai G. and Rao Y.J.: Correlative measurements of aerosol optical depth and size distribution around INDOEX-IFP98 from multi-spectral solar radiometry, Current Science, 76, 1999, 977-980.

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

11. Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Maheskumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K.: Influence of winds on lidar derived particulate pollutants over an urban station,Vayu Mandal, 29, 1999, 234-236.

10. Devara P.C.S., Pandithurai G., Raj P.E., Maheshkumar R.S., Dani K.K.: Atmospheric aerosol cloud stability relationship as observed with optical and radio remote sensing techniques, Atmospheric Research, 49, 1998, 65-76.

9. Pandithurai G., Devara P.C.S., Maheshkumar R.S., Raj P.E., Dani K.K.: Investigations of QBO in lidar-observed boundary layer aerosols over an Indian urban station, Journal of Aerosol Science, 29, 1998, S673-S674.

8. Devara P.C.S., Maheshkumar R.S., Murty B.S., Vernekar K.G. : Air quality monitoring by optical and acoustic radars air Pune, India, Journal of Measurement Science and Technology, 8, 1997, 1160-1165.

7. Devara P.C.S., Subbaraju P.V., Maheshkumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Raj P.E., Dani K.K. : Atmospheric aerosol scavenging : A study with concurrent mie lidar and meteorological observations, Journal of Aerosol Science, 38, 1997, S583-S584.

6. Pandithurai G., Devara P.C.S., Maheshkumar R.S., Raj P.E., Dani K.K. : Spectral characteristics of urban aerosols and their association with relative humidity, Atmospheric Research, 45, 1997, 109-122.

5. Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Maheshkumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K. : Lidar measurements of aerosol columnar content in an urban nocturnal boundary layer, Atmospheric Research, 45, 1997, 201-216.

4. Devara P.C.S., Raj P.E., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar R.S., Dani K.K. :Advances in atmospheric hydrographic and vegetation remote sensing with lidar                        , Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 25, 1997, 225-238.

3. Maheshkumar R.S., Devara P.C.S., Pandithurai G., Raj P.E. and Dani K.K.: Spectral variation of aerosol optical depth over an Indian urban station during the winter 1995-96, Journal of Aerosol Science, 27, 1996, 521-522.

2. Devara P.C.S., Raj P.E., Sharma S., Pandithurai G., Maheshkumar R.S., Dani K.K. : Optical exploration of atmospheric aerosols studies at IITM, Pune, IASTA Bulletin, 8, 1995, 3/1-9.

1. Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S, Maheshkumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Sharma S., Dani K.K. : Some aspects of aerosol loading in the nocturnal boundary layer over Pune, India      , IASTA Bulletin, 8, 1995, 1/5-7.

Research Publications (Proceedings of Conferences/Symposia/Workshops) Selected

34. Boragapu Raja, and R.S. Maheskumar,  Seasonal changes in aerosol properties and their possible influence on aerosol cloud interactions, Proc. 19^th NSSS-2016, SPL, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram 9-12 Feb. 2016

33. Jasmine Takle & R.S. Maheskumar, Aerosol Cloud Interactions – Effect on Precipitation, Proc. SPIE 9876, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation VI, 98761S (May 5, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2223332.

32. B. Padmakumari,G. Harikishan, R. S. Maheskumar, Inter-comparison of CALIPSO and CloudSat retrieved profiles of aerosol and cloud microphysical , parameters with aircraft profiles over a tropical region,”   Proc. SPIE 9876, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Clouds, and Precipitation VI, 98761S (May 5, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2223332.

31. Harikishan G, Padmakumari B, Maheskumar R.S, Kulkarni J.R., Dust Induced Radiative effect on Marine Clouds during Monsoon Breaks. Proceedings of AMS conference, 5-8 Jan 2015, held at Arizona, USA.

30. B. Padmakumari, G. Harikishan, Anupam Hazra, R. S. Maheskumar, S. B. Morwal, Observed cloud microphysical changes due to elevated pollution layer near the foot hills of the Himalayas. INTROMET on Aerosols and Monsoons, INTROMET – 2014, SRM University, Chennai, India, 21-25 Feb 2014 (Gold Medal for Best Paper).

29. R. S. Maheskumar, S. G. Narkhedkar, S. B. Morwal, B. Padmakumari, D. R. Kothawale, R. R. Joshi, C. G. Deshpande, R. V. Bhalwankar and J. R. Kulkarni, On the high rainfall mechanism over the West Coast and the adjoining Arabian Sea during the monsoon season, INTROMET on Monsoons-observations, prediction and simulation (MOPS), INTROMET – 2014, SRM University, Chennai, India, 21-25 Feb 2014 (Gold Medal for Best Paper).

28. G. Harikishan, B. Padmakumari, R.S. Mahesh Kumar, G. Pandithurai,  Cloud Retrievals of monsoon cloud properties from ground based radiometers,  INTROMET on Monsoons-observations, prediction and simulation (MOPS), INTROMET – 2014, SRM University, Chennai, India, 21-25 Feb 2014.

27. B. Padmakumari, G. Harikishan, R. S. Maheskumar, Dust a major aerosol type during the drought year 2009 over the Indian monsoon region, INTROMET on Aerosols and Monsoons, INTROMET – 2014, SRM University, Chennai, India, 21-25 Feb 2014. 

26. Savita B. Morwal, B. Padmakumari, R.S. Maheskumar and J.R. Kulkarni, Convection over rain shadow region during CAIPEEX from Radar INTROMET on Monsoons-observations, prediction and simulation (MOPS), INTROMET – 2014, SRM University, Chennai, India, 21-25 Feb 2014.

25. G. Harikishan, B. Padma Kumari and R. S. Mahesh Kumar, Impact of intense dust storm of March 2012 on surface reaching solar radiation over Pune. Proce. of  IASTA-2012, held at Navi Mumbai during 11-13 Dec. 2012. (Best paper award).

24. Kunal  Bali, B. Padmakumari, R. S. Maheskumar, ‘Effect of dust on phytoplankton bloom in the Arabian sea’, Proce. of  'Frontiers of Climate Change Conference', Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapur during 30-31 Oct 2012

23. Thara Prabhakaran , Patade S , D Sudhakar , Dr. Govindan Pandithurai , A Duncan, Maheshkumar R.S.  Padmakumari B, Mahen Konwar , S Morwal, C.G. Deshpande , S.G. Narkhedkar,  P.D. Safai , K.K. Dani , R.R Joshi , A.S. Nath, S.Nair, V.V. Sapre , J.R. Kulkarni , Dan Breed , Bruintjes Roel of,  B N Goswami. ^. Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation interaction during CAIPEEX: a perspective from mixing in clouds.   16th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation 2012 in Leipzig, Germany during 28^th July to 4^th August 2012.

22. Sathy Nair, J. Sanjay, G.Pandithurai, R.S. Maheshkumar and  J.R. Kulkarni, Validation of various formulations for effective radius of droplets in warm clouds using  CAIPEEX aircraft observations, Proceeding of IASTA 2010 held during 24-26 March 2010 at  Bose Institute, Darjeeling .

21. R.S. Maheskumar,  J. R. Kulkarni,  Mahen Konwar  and Rosenfeld D., Aerosol and cloud characteristics over the normal and rain shadow regions in  India, Proceeding of IASTA 2010 held during 24-26 March 2010 at  Bose Institute, Darjeeling

20. Savita B. Morwal, R.S. Maheskumar, Raj, P. E., and Kulkarni J. R, Aircraft observations of cloud drop size distribution in different regions in India during monsoon 2009, Proceeding of IASTA 2010 held during 24-26 March 2010 at  Bose Institute, Darjeeling

19. Mahen Konwar, J. R. Kulrkarni, R.S. Maheskumar, B. N. Goswami,  Frued Eyal and D. Rosenfeld, Onset of warm rain process in convective cloud: as observed in CAIPEEX program proceeding of IASTA 2010 held during 24-26 March 2010 at  Bose Institute, Darjeeling.

18. P.D.Safai, M.P.Raju, G. Pandithurai, A. Panicker, M. Konwar, P.S.P.Rao, P.C.S.Devara, R. S.  Maheskumar and J. R. Kulkarni, Vertical Profiles of Black Carbon Aerosols and BC induced Heating Rates over Bangalore and Hyderabad proceeding of IASTA 2010 held during 24-26 March 2010 at  Bose Institute, Darjeeling

17. B. Padma Kumari,  R. S. Mahesh Kumar,  J. R. Kulkarni, B. N. Goswami Aircraft measurements of vertical and spatial distribution of aerosol concentration and size over different environments in India, D-O-9, pp. 350-352, Proceedings of IASTA 2010.

16. J. R. Kulkarni, R.S. Maheskumar, MahenKonwar,B. Padma Kumari et al., The cloud aerosol interactions and precipitation enhancement experiment (CAIPEEX): Overview & prominent results, Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Proceedings, A13K – 01,14-18 Dec. 2009.

15. R.S. Maheskumar, J.R. Kulkarni, Mahen Konwar, B.N. Goswami, Freud Eyal & Daniel Rosenfeld, Insights to the topographic and aerosol roles in the heavy rainfall at the Western Ghats and the scarce rainfall farther east at the rain shadow as observed in CAIPEEX, Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Proceedings, A21A – 0099, 14-18 Dec. 2009.

14. Mahen Konwar, J.R. Kulkarni, R.S. Maheskumar, B.N. Goswami and Daniel Rosenfeld The interplay between small and large CCN: Impacts on convective cloud microstructure  as observed in CAIPEEX, Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Proceedings, A21A –0100, 14-18 Dec. 2009.

13. G. Pandithurai, S. Dipu, R. S. Maheskumar, B. N. Goswami, D. Rosenfeld, Is Anti-Twomey effect real or an artifact? Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union (AGU) Proceedings,14-18 Dec. 2009.

12. Maheshkumar R.S., Morwal S.B., Hange V.D. and Vijayakumar R., Case study of convection over the Indian Ocean, TROPMET 2007 with Special Colloquium on Advance in Meteorology and their Applications,Bhopal, 17-19 December 2007.

11. Maheskumar R.S.,Morwal S.B.,Kulkarni J.R. and Vijayakumar R. Simulation of heavy rainfall events using 2-DTD cloud model. XIV National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2006) ,  Andhra University , Visakhapatnam, 9-12 February 2006.

10. Morwal S.B., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R. and Vijayakumar R., Comparison of observed  and radar  derived rainfall. XIV National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2006),  Andhra University , Visakhapatnam, 9-12 February 2006.

9. Maheskumar R.S., Devara P.C.S., Raj P.E.,Dani K.K., Saha S.K. and Sonbawane S.M.,Direct radiative forcing of atmospheric aerosols over different environments, 4^th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC-2005), Mumbai, 13-16 December 2005.

8. Pandithurai G., Devara P.C.S., Pinker R.T.,Raj P.E.,Jaya Rao Y., Dani K.K., Maheskumar R.S., Sonbawane S.M.,Saha S.K. and Bhawar R., Aerosol radiative forcing derived from sun/sky radiometer and LIDAR observations at Pune, India. 4^th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC-2005), Mumbai, 13-16 December 2005.

7. Pandithurai G ., Pinker R.T., Devara P.C.S.,Takamura T., Raj P.E.,Dani K.K. and Maheskumar R.S., Large differences in diurnal variability of urban aerosol optical parameters during winter and pre-monsoon seasons in western India. 4^th Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC-2005), Mumbai, 13-16 December 2005.

6. Maheskumar R.S. and Devara P.C.S.,Observational estimation of direct radiative forcing by atmospheric aerosols, IASTA Bulletin,16, November, 2004 (Proc. IASTA Meeting and International Conference on Aerosols, Clouds and Indian Monsoon), Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur, 15-17 November , 2004, 30-33.

5. Devara, P.C.S., Sonbawne S.M., Maheskumar R.S.,Saha S.K., Dani K.K., Raj P.E.and PandithuraiG., Profiling of aerosol, ozone and water vapour using a mobile radiometer over a tropcial rural station in India, Proc. 6th International Symposium on Tropospheric  Profiling  needs  and Technologies (ISTP-2003), University of Leipzig, Leipzig,Germany , 14-20 September 2003, 327-329

4. Devara P.C.S., Raj P.E., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K.,Maheskumar R.S., Jaya Rao Y., Saha S.K. and Sonbawne S.M., Multi-year aerosol characterization experiments using the lidar and solar radiometric techniques at a tropical station in India, APEX-RIHN International workshop for Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Awaji Yumebutai, Japan, 25-27 June, 2003

3. Devara P.C.S., Sonbawne S.M., Maheskumar R.S.,Saha S.K., Dani K.K., Raj P.E.and Pandithurai G.,Profiling of aerosol, ozone and water vapour using a mobile radiometer over a tropcial rural station in India, 6th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling Needs and Technologies (ISTP-2003), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany,14-20 September, 2003.

2. Maheskumar R.S. and Devara P.C.S., Study of direct short-wave aerosol radiative forcing, Gordon Research Conference on Solar Radiation and Climate, Colby Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, USA, 13-18 July , 2003.

1. Saha S.K., Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Sonbawne S.M.,Maheskumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Dani K.K.,Potdar M.B., Faby S. and Sapra B.K., Variation in aerosol optical depth, ozone and precipitable water obtained from identical sun photometers,European Aerosol Conference (EAC), 2003,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, 31 August -5 September , 2003.

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