Scientist Profile

Dr. Atul Kumar Srivastava

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: Scientist F

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: +91-(0)11-28743976

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: +91-(0)11-28743976

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: atul[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Atmospheric aerosols and their direct and indirect impacts
Degree University Year Stream
Ph.D. Pune University 2008 Atmospheric Physics
M.Sc. (Tech.) Banaras Hindu University 2001 Geophysics (Meteorology)
B.Sc. Purvanchal University 1998 Mathematics, Physics

 Atmospheric aerosols and their direct and indirect impacts

Award Name Awarded By Awarded For Year
FinCEAL Plus BRIDGES Asia Research Award Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland Visiting Scientist at Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland 2019
Best Paper Award IASTA-2018 Best Poster presentation 2018
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship (CONNECT Follow-up) Humboldt Foundation, Germany Guest Scientist at Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany 2015
Best Paper Award TROPMET-2012, Deharadun Best oral presentation 2012
Young Scientist Grant IGAC Open Science Conference, China Participation in 12th IGAC Conference 2012
Year Designation Institute
Juy 2021-Present Scientist-E Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, New Delhi
Nov 2019-Dec 2019 Visiting Scientist Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
2016 (Jul)-2021 (Jun) Scientist D Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2015 (Jun)-2015 (Jun) Guest Scientist Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), Leipzig, Germany
2012-2016 (Jun) Scientist C Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, New Delhi
2008-2012 Scientist B Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, New Delhi
2007-2008 Post-Doctoral Fellow Arayabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), India
2004-2007 Senior Project Assistant Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
2002-2004 Project Assistant Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

Research Highlight


Assessment of ionic species in rainwater during the summer monsoon season at three different locations in India

As a part of the IITM rainwater chemistry campaign, a study was conducted to investigate the rainwater chemistry at three different locations in India during the Southwest monsoon season from June to September 2018. The mean pH and conductivity exhibited significant heterogeneity among the rainwater samples, with alkaline characteristics observed at Jaipur (7.09 and 43.46 µS/cm) and Varanasi (7.31 and 55.42 µS/cm), whereas relatively acidic conditions were observed at Dhanbad (5.10 and 31.98 µS/cm). Moreover, the ionic composition of rainwater varied considerably across all three stations, which was clearly reflected in the rainwater neutralization characteristics. Calcium ion was identified as the major neutralizing species in rainwater at Jaipur and Varanasi, with high neutralization factors of 3.10 and 2.65, respectively, whereas such dominance was not evident at Dhanbad. The results suggest that contributions from both local and regional sources significantly influence the monsoonal rainwater chemistry over these regions.

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