Scientist Profile

Dr. S. Chakraborty

Designation
: Retired Scientist

Phone
: +91-(0)20-25904427

Fax
: +91-(0)20-25865142

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

GHGs dynamics, Atmosphere-biosphere interaction, Isotope Hydrology, Paleoclimatology
Degree University Year Stream
Ph.D M.S. Univ. of Baroda 1995 Geology
M.Sc IIT-Kharagpur 1986 Geophysical Prospecting, Geophysical Signal Processing, Mathematical Geophysics
B. Sc IIT-Kharagpur 1984 Phys., Chem. Math., Geology, Geophysics

 Monsoon dynamics over the Holocene through the isotopic analysis of natural archives.

 Moisture transport processes using the isotopic analysis of rain and vapor.

 Study of ecosystem fluxes: quantification and understanding their short term variabilities using the eddy covariance technique.

 Stable isotope chemistry of atmospheric trace gases.

Award Name Awarded By Awarded For Year
Editorial Board Member: Quaternary International Elsevier - 2021-2025
Chairman Ocean Society of India, Pune Chapter - 2021-2023
Section Secretary AOGS Biogeoscience - 2021-2023
Certificate of Merit Award Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India Outstanding contribution in the fields of Atmospheric Science and Technology 2021
IMS Award Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) TROPMET-2019, Visakhapatnam Best Paper published on Monsoon Research 2019
Scholarship Integrated M.Sc. IIT Kharagpur Merit Scholarship 1982-86
Year Designation Institute
2018-Present Scientist F IITM, Pune
2013-2018 Scientist E Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2007-2013 Scientist D Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2001-2007 Scientist C Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
1999-2001 Project Scientist Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad
1996-1999 Postgraduate Researcher Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of California, San Diego
1995-1996 Visiting Post-doctorate Dept. of Marine Science, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
1993-1995 Post Doctoral Fellow Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad
1987-1993 Research Scholar Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad

Research Highlight


The seasonal variation of plant productivity at Kaziranga forest, northeast India

In pre-monsoon, moderate rainfall and abundant radiation help enhance the photosynthetic activity, so productivity is high. Yellow bars in the top panel and a green tree in the lower panel depict this feature. From the monsoon season starting in June, the productivity decreases. But the respiration process, as shown by green bars in the top panel, exceeds the productivity. So the forest ecosystem emits a significant amount of carbon. The productivity (respiration) is measured by the amount of carbon synthesized (released) per square meter of the forest per month.

Ref: Sarma, D, Deb Burman, P.K., Chakraborty, S., Gogoi, N., Bora, A., Metya, A., Datye, A., Murkute, C., Karipot, K. 2021 Quantifying the net ecosystem exchange at a semi-deciduous forest in northeast India from intra-seasonal to seasonal time scale. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 314 (2022) 108786. 

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