आईआईटीएम
IITM

Honours

• Invited as an Expert to review and recommend the atmospheric science proposals to Arctic Campaign by NCAOR, Goa during 27-28 April 2016
• Chaired a session on 'Aerosol remote sensing', IASTA-2016. PRL, Ahmedabad, 06-08 December 2016
• Chaired a session on 'Radar data assimilation', IRAD-2017, IIT Kharagpur, during 08-11 January 2017
• Elected as a Treasurer India Radar Meteorological Society 

• Aerosol optical characterization and investigation of aerosol radiative forcing at the surface and at the TOA (2002-2005), DST.
• Lidar sounding of aerosols in the lower atmosphere and their impact on local climate and environment (2002-2006), DST. 
• Modeling of tropical aerosol radiative forcing using satellite, lidar and radiometric measurements (2003-2007), ISRO

Co-Principal Investigator

• Multi-site characterization of tropical aerosol radiative forcing using measurements (2003-2007), ISRO.
• Differential absorption lidar for remote sensing of ozone (2001-2004), DST
• Aerosol radiative forcing studies at a tropical urban station Pune and high-altitude station, Sinhagad, (2008-2011), ISRO-ARFI  

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• Collaboration with Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland, USA on aerosol-radiation interactions. 
• Collaboration with Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS) on surface radiation measurements under SKYNET, an Asian network for aerosol-radiation measurements.

Peer-reviewed Publications

2024

162. Avishek Ray, Moumita Bhowmik, Anupam Hazra and G. Pandithurai (2024): The influence of aerosol hygroscopicity on clouds and precipitation over Western Ghats, India, Quart. J. Royal Met Soc., DOI: 10.1002/qj.4654.
163. JeniVictor, Pallavi, M. Sebastian,Vijay P. Kanawade, Devendraa Siingh, S.Mukherjee, S. S. Potdar, T. Dharmaraj, and G. Pandithurai (2024), Characteristics of new particle formation events in a mountain semi-rural location in India, Atmos. Environ, Volume 324, 1 May 2024, 120414, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120414
164. Leena, PP, D.J. Mise, E.A. Resmi, V. Anil Kumar, K. Chakravarty, K.S. Nirmin, P. Pradeep Kumar, Rohit P Patil, G. Pandithurai (2024): A Statistical Study on Cloud Base Height Behavior and Cloud Types During Southwest Monsoon over a High-Altitude Site in Western Ghats, India, J. of the Indian Soc. of Remote Sensing 52(12), DOI:10.1007/s12524-024-01808-2.
165. Jeni Victor, S.S. Potdar, Devendraa Siingh, T. Gokul, A.K. Kamra, V. Gopalakrishnan, G. Pandithurai (2024): Impact of a severe dust storm on aerosol properties and their radiative forcing over the Indian subcontinent during winter, Atmospheric Research, 301(1):107282, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107282.

2023

158. Kohl M., Lelieveld J., Chowdhury S., Ehrhart S., Sharma D., Cheng Y., Tripathi S.N., Sebastian M., Pandithurai G., Wang H., Pozzer A., Numerical simulation and evaluation of global ultrafine particle concentrations at the Earths surface, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23, October 2023, DOI:10.5194/acp-23-13191-2023, 2023, 13191-13215
159. Leena, P.P., V. Anil Kumar, K. Vijayakumar, A.I. Basheer, S. Nukapothula, R. D. Patil and G. Pandithurai (2023): Aerosol-CCN characteristics and dynamics associated with a pre-monsoon dust storm over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats, India, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(50):DOI:10.1007/s11356-023-30025-6.
160. Murali Krishna, U.V., S.K. Das, Y.K. Kolte, A.K. Jha, M. Konwar, S.M. Deshpande and G. Pandithurai (2023): Characterization of rain microphysics on the leeside of the Western Ghats, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149(2), DOI:10.1002/qj.4554
161. Yang, L., P.S. Soyam, Rohit P. Patil, Avishek Ray, V. Waghmare, D. Haswani, Ramya Sunder Raman, P.D. Safai and G. Pandithurai (2023): Impact of nylon and teflon filter media on the sampling of inorganic aerosols over a high altitude site, Environmental Advances, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envadv.2023.100373.
162. Leena P.P., Varghese M., Kumar J.S., Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai G., Patil R.D., Resmi E.A., Prabhakaran Thara, Use of multiplatform in-situ observation to study vertical structure and microphysics of clouds during southwest monsoon over Western Ghats, India, Atmospheric Research, 290: 106780, July 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106780, 1-13
163. Ray Avishek, Pandithurai G., Mukherjee S., Anil Kumar V., Hazra A., Patil R.D., Waghmare V., Seasonal variability in size-resolved hygroscopicity of sub-micron aerosols over the Western Ghats, India: Closure and parameterization, Science of The Total Environment, 869: 161753, April 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161753, 1-9
164. SunilKumar K., Das Subrata K., Deshpande S.M., Deshpande Medha, Pandithurai G., Regional variability of precipitation characteristics in Tropical Cyclones over the North Indian Ocean from GPM-DPR measurements, Atmospheric Research, 283: 106568, March 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106568, 1-15

2022

152. Mukherjee, S., A. Verma, G.S. Meena, S. Kodoli, P. Buchunde,  M.Y. Aslam, R.D. Patil, A.S. Panicker, P.D. Safai, G. Pandithurai (2022): Compensatory effect of biomass burning on black carbon concentrations during COVID-19 lockdown at a high-altitude station in SW India, Atmos. Pollut. Res., 13, 10, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2022.101566.
153. Utsav, B., S.M. Deshpande, S.K. Das, S.D. Pawar and G. Pandithurai (2022): Relationship between convective storm properties and lightning over the Western Ghats, Earth and Space Sci., 9, DOI:10.1029/2022/EA002232.
154. Murali Krishna, U.V., S.K. Das, K.N. Uma, A.K. Jha and G. Pandithurai (2022): Dynamical links of convective storms associated with tropospheric biennial oscillation in the Indian monsoon, Scientific Reports, 12: 12050, DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-15772-9.
155. Morwal S.B., B. Padmakumari, R.S. Maheskumar, K.S. Hosalikar, K.C. Sai Krishnan, S.G. Narkhedkar, G. Pandithurai, J.R. Kulkarni (2022): Contrasting features of monsoon convection over land and sea in the west coast of peninsular India as revealed by S-band radar, Theor. and Applied Climatol., DOI:10.1007/s00704-022-04189-z.
156. Hazra A., C. Mallick, G.M. Mohan, K. Gayatri Vani, V. Anil Kumar, R. Chowdhury, H.S. Chaudhari, S.K. Das, M. Konwar, S. Pokhrel, S. Deshpande, S.D. Ghude, G. Pandithurai and Pawar S.D. (2022), Understanding the impact of ice nucleation on lightning and rainfall: A case study, Atmospheric Research, 278, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106350
157. Nair Meenu R., Sunilkumar K., Singh V.P., Pandithurai G., Kalapureddy M.C.R., Atmospheric turbulence characteristics in the troposphere and lower stratosphere of core monsoon zone, Atmospheric Research, 279: 106382, December 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106382, 1-14
158. Leena P. P., B. R. Sanket, V. Anil Kumar, E. A. Resmi·, G. Kishore Kumar,  Rohit D. Patil . G, Pandithurai., 2022. Observed features of monsoon low‑level jet and its relationship with rainfall activity over a high‑altitude site in Western Ghats, India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04167-5
159. Ambuj Jha K., M.C.R. Kalapureddy, G.S. Bhat and G. Pandithurai (2022): Characteristics of rain events of different durations at a high-alttitude site in the Western Ghats of India, Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 134:63, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-022-00902-9.
160. Sebastian, M., Kompalli, S. K., Anil Kumar, V., Jose, S., Babu, S. S., Pandithurai, ‪G., Singh, S., Hooda, R. K., Soni, V. K., Pierce, J. R., Vakkari, V., Asmi, E., Westervelt, D. M., Hyvärinen, A.-P., and Kanawade, V. P (2022).: Observations of particle number size distributions and new particle formation in six Indian locations, Atmos. Chem. Phys. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-804.
161. Maheshwarkar, P., A. Ralhan, R. Sunder Raman, K. Tibrewal, C.Venkataraman, A. Dhandapani, R. Naresh Kumar, S. Mukherjee, A. Chatterje, S. Rabha, B. K Saikia, A. Bhardwaj, P. Chaudhary, B. Sinha, P. Lokhande, H. C. Phuleria, S. Roy, M. Imran, G. Habib, M. A. Hashmi, A. Qureshi, A.M. Qadri, T. Gupta, Yang Lian, G. Pandithurai, L. Prasad, S. Murthy, M. Deswal, J. S. Laura, A.K. Chhangani, T.A. Najar, and Arshid Jehangir (2022): Understanding the influence of meteorology and emission sources on PM2.5 mass concentrations across India: First results from the COALESCE network. J. Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2021JD035663, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035663.
162. Padmakumari B., Kalgutkar S., Sunil Sneha, Nikam M., Pandithurai G., High temporal variability of surface solar irradiance due to cloud enhancement effect over the Western Ghat mountains in peninsular India, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 232: 105867, June 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.jastp.2022.105867, 1-11
163. Leena P.P., Anil Kumar V., Mukherjee Subrata, Patil R.D., Sonbawne S.M., Pandithurai G., Influence of aerosol physico-chemical properties on cloud microphysical parameters perceived using in-situ high altitude observations, Atmospheric Research, 271: 106111, June 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106111, 1-10
164. Sunilkumar K., Das Subrata K., Kalekar P., Kolte Y., MuraliKrishna U. V., Deshpande S., Dani K.K., Nitha T.S., Hosalikar K.S., Narvekar M., Mohan e K.N., Pandithurai G., A MESO-scale Rain gauge NETwork-MESONET over Mumbai: Preliminary results and applications, Urban Climate, 41: 101029, January 2022, DOI:10.1016/j.uclim.2021.101029, 1-12

2021

139. Meena, G. S., Mukherjee, S., Buchunde, P., Safai, P. D., Singla, V., Aslam, M. Y., Sonbawne, S. M., Made, R., Anand, V., Dani K. K., & G. Pandithurai (2021). Seasonal variability and source apportionment of black carbon over a rural high-altitude and an urban site inwestern India.Atmos. Pollu. Res., 12, 2, 32-45, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2020.10.006
140. Murugavel, P., Thara Prabhakaran, G. Pandithurai, V. Gopalakrishnan, S.D. Pawar (2021): Physical mechanisms associated with the intense lightning over Indian region, Int. Journal of Climatology,Nov 2021, DOI:10.1002/joc.7466.
141. Leena P.P., Sravanthi N., Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai G., Panicker A.S., Aerosol–Cloud–Rainfall Properties Inferred from Satellite Observations Over Different Regions of the Indian Subcontinent: Variability, Trends and Relationships During the Summer Monsoon, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 178, November 2021, DOI:10.1007/s00024-021-02892-y, 4619–4631
142. Mukherjee S., Anil Kumar V., Patil R.D., Meena G.S., Buchunde P., Waghmare V., Deshmukh S., Dhavale V., Ray A., Panicker A.S., Sonbawne S.M., Safai P.D., Pandithurai G., Investigation of physico-chemical characteristics and associated CCN activation for different combustion sources through Chamber experiment approach, Atmospheric Environment, 266: 118726, December 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118726, 1-9
143. Sonbawne S.M., Devara P.C.S., Bhawar R., Rahul P.R.C., Siingh D., Fadnavis S., Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G., Aerosol physico–optical–radiative characterization and classification during summer over Ny-Ålesund, Arctic , International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42, November 2021, DOI:10.1080/01431161.2021.1987576, 8760-8781
144. Chakravarty Kaustav, Arun N., Yadav P., Bhangale R., Murugavel P., Kanawade V.P., Mohmmad J., Hosalikar K.S., Pandithurai G., Characteristics of precipitation microphysics during Tropical Cyclone Nisarga (2020) as observed over the orographic region of Western Ghats in the Indian sub-continent, Atmospheric Research, 264: 105861, December 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105861, 1-10
145. Buchunde P.S., Safai P.D., Mukherjee S., Raju M.P., Meena G.S., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Pandithurai G., Seasonal abundances of primary and secondary carbonaceous aerosols at a high-altitude station in the Western Ghat Mountains, India, Air Quality Atmosphere and Health, Online, September 2021, DOI:10.1007/s11869-021-01097-5, 1-12
146. Murali Krishna, S.K. Das, S.M. Deshpande and G. Pandithurai (2021): Physical processes controlling the diurnal cycle of convective storms in the Western Ghats, Scientific Reports, 11(1):14102, DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-93173-0.
147. Leena, P.P., M. Varghese, V. Anil Kumar, A.I. Basheer, G. Pandithurai (2021): Droplet characteristics in monsoon clouds before rain as observed over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats, India, J. Atmos. Sol Terr Phys.
148. Narkhedkar, S.G., S. N. Dutta, V. AnilKumar, S. Mukherjee and G. Pandithurai (2021) Rainfall characteristics and its variability over a high-altitude station in Western Ghats during southwest monsoon of 2015 - A case study. MAUSAM 72, 2 (April 2021), 331-348
149. Prabhu A., Mandke S.K., Pandithurai G., Regional perspectives in Eurasian snow - Indian monsoon relationship: An observational study, Polar Science, Online, June 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.polar.2021.100718, 1-15
150. Aslam M.Y., Mukherjee S., Anil Kumar V., Patil R.D., Patil S.S., Dudhambe S.D., Saha Sanjay Kumar, Pandithurai G., Seasonal characteristics of boundary layer over a high-altitude rural site in Western India: implications on dispersal of particulate matter, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Online, March 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13163-7, 1-12
151. Krishna U.V.M., Das Subrata Kumar, Sulochana E.G., Bhowmik U., Deshpande S.M., Pandithurai G., Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distribution over the Western Ghats of India: wet versus dry spells of the Indian summer monsoon, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, March 2021, DOI:10.5194/acp-21-4741-2021, 4741–4757
152. Biswas M.S., Pandithurai G., Aslam M.Y., Patil R.D., Anilkumar V., Dudhambe S.D., Lerot C., De Smedt I., Van Roozendael M., Mahajan A.S. , Effect of Boundary Layer Evolution on Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Formaldehyde (HCHO) Concentrations at a High-altitude Observatory in Western India, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 21: 200193, March 2021, DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2020.05.0193, 1-21
153. Anil Kumar V., Hazra A., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni G., Mohan G.M., MukherjeeSubrata, Leena P.P., Patil R.D., Prasad D.S.V.V.D., Atmospheric ice nucleating particle measurements and parameterization represe, Atmospheric Research, 253: 105487, May 2021, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105487, 1-9
154. Waghmare V.V., Aslam M.Y., Yang L., Safai P.D., Pandithurai G., Inorganic Ionic Composition of Rainwater at a High Altitude Station over the Western Ghats in Peninsular India, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 78, February 2021, DOI:10.1007/s10874-021-09416-x, 59-76

2020

123. Das S.K., Murali Krishna U.V., Kolte Y.K., Deshpande S.M., Pandithurai G., Assessment of ground‐based X‐Band Radar Reflectivity: attenuation correction and its comparison with space‐borne radars over the Western Ghats, India, Earth and Space Sciences, 7: e2019EA000861, November 2020, DOI:10.1029/2019EA000861, 1-15
124. Chakravarty K., Bhangale R., Das S., Yadav P., Kannan B.A.M., Pandithurai G., Unraveling the characteristics of precipitation microphysics in summer and winter monsoon over Mumbai and Chennai – the two urban-coastal cities of Indian sub-continent, Atmospheric Research, Online, October 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105313, 1-14
125. Panicker A.S., AnilKumar V., Raju M.P., Pandithurai G., Safai P.D., Beig G., Das S., CCN activation of carbonaceous aerosols from different combustion emissions sources: A laboratory study, Atmospheric Research, Online, September 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105252, 1-6
126. Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai, G., Kulkarni G., Hazra A., Patil S.S., Dudhambe S.D., Patil R.D., Chen J-P, Niranjan K., (2020): “Atmospheric ice nuclei concentration measurements over a high altitude-station in the Western Ghats, India”, Atmospheric Research, 235:104795, May 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104795.
127. K. Ansari, V. Anil Kumar andG. Pandithurai (2020), “Role of droplet size classes on the cloud droplet spectral dispersion as observed over the Western Ghats”, Atmospheric Research, 246:, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105104.
128. Nakajima T., Campanelli M., Che H., Estellés V., Irie H., Kim S-W., Kim J., Liu D., Nishizawa T., Pandithurai, G.,Soni V.K., Thana B., Tugjsurn N-U., Aoki K., Sujung Go, Hashimoto M., Higurashi A., Kazadzis S., Khatri P., Kouremeti N., Kudo R., Marenco F., Momoi M., Ningombam S.S., Ryder C.L., Uchiyama A., Yamazaki A. (2020), “An overview of and issues with sky radiometer technology and SKYNET”, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13, August 2020, DOI:10.5194/amt-13-4195-2020, 4195-4218.
129. Chakravarty, K., P. Murugavel, A.A. Christy, V. Singh and G. Pandithurai(2020), “Impact of electrified and non-electrified clouds on the inter-seasonal characteristics of surface-based precipitation”, J. Earth Sys. Sci., 129 169, DOI:10.1007/s12040-020-01432-x. 
130. S. Mukherjee, V. Singla, G.S. Meena, M.Y. Aslam, P.D. Safai, P. Buchunde, V. Anilkumar, C.K. Jena, K.K. Dani and G. Pandithurai(2020): “Sub micron aerosol variability and its ageing process at a high altitude site in India: Impact of meteorological conditions”, Environmental Pollution, 265: DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115019.
131. Raju M.P., Safai P.D., Sonbawne S.M., Buchunde P.S.,Pandithurai G., Dani K.K. (2020): “Black carbon aerosols over a high altitude station, Mahabaleshwar: Radiative forcing and source apportionment”, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 11, August 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.apr.2020.05.024, 1408-1417
132. Sunil S., Padmakumari B., Pandithurai, G., Patil R.D., Naidu C.V., (2020): “Diurnal (24 h) cycle and seasonal variability of cloud fraction retrieved from a Whole Sky Imager over a complex terrain in the Western Ghats and comparison with MODIS”, Atmospheric Research, Online, July 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105180, 1-13

2019

113. Yang L., Mukherjee S.,Pandithurai, G., Waghmare V., Safai P.D., (2019):  “Influence of dust and sea-salt sandwich effect on precipitation chemistry over the Western Ghats during summer monsoon”, Scientific Reports, 9:19171, December 2019, DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-55245-0.
114. Buchunde P., Safai P.D., Mukherjee S., Leena P.P., Siingh D., Meena G.S., Pandithurai G., (2019): “Characterisation of particulate matter at a high-altitude site in southwest India: Impact of dust episodes”, J. of Earth System Science, 128:237, December 2019, DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1265-8, 1-18
115. Das S.K., Kolte Y., Murali Krishna U.V., Deshpande S.M., Jha A.K., Pandithurai G., (2019): “ Estimation of layer-averaged rain rate from zenith pointing Ka-band radar measurements using attenuation method”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12, September 2019, DOI:10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2929327, 3178 – 3183.
116. Morwal S.B., Padmakumari B., Narkhedkar S.G., Reddy Y.K., Maheskumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni J.R. (2019): “Statistical characteristics of the cloud cells in the categories of pre-convective, convective-initiation and convective-enhancement in the contrasting monsoon seasons over the rain-shadow region of peninsular India”, Climate Dynamics, 53, August 2019, DOI:10.1007/s00382-019-04857-3, 2355-2374
117. Utsav B., Deshpande S. M., Das S. K.,G. Pandithurai and Niyogi, D. (2019) “Observed Vertical Structure of Convection during Dry and Wet Summer Monsoon Epochs over the Western Ghats,” J.Geophys. Res: Atmos, DOI: 10.1029/2018JD028960.
118. Yang L., G. Pandithurai, Chate D.M., Rao P.S.P., Waghmare V and Iyer U (2019), “Evidence of precedent wind role on controlling PM1 wet scavenging of aerosols during monsoon rain events”, Atmos. Environ., 201, DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.041,265-277.
119. Singla, V., S. Mukherjee, A.S. Kashikar, P.D. Safai and G. Pandithurai(2019), “Black carbon: Source apportionment and its implications on CCN activity over a rural region in Western Ghats, India”, Env Sci Poll. Res., DOI:10.1007/s11356-019-04162-w.
120. Murali Krishna, U. V., Das, S. K., Uma, K. N., andPandithurai, G. (2019): “Retrieval of convective available potential energy from INSAT-3D measurements: comparison with radiosonde data and their spatial-temporal variations”, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1-2019.
121. Hari Krishna Devisetty, Ambuj K Jha, Subrata K Das, Sachin M Deshpande, UV Murali Krishna, Prasad M Kalekar,G. Pandithurai (2019), “A case study on bright band transition from very light to heavy rain using simultaneous observations of collocated X- and Ka-band radars”, J.Earth System Science, 128:136, July 2019, DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1171-0.
122. Ambuj K. Jha, · M. C. R. Kalapureddy, · Hari Krishna Devisetty, · Sachin M. Deshpande,  G. Pandithurai, (2018):  “A case study on large‑scale dynamical influence on bright band using cloud radar during the Indian summer monsoon”,  Meteorol. Atmos. Phys, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-018-0583-8)
123. Leena, P.P.,G. Pandithurai, K. Gayatri , P. Murugavel , R. D. Ruchith , S. Sakharam , K. K. Dani , C. Patil , T.Dharmaraj , M.N.Patil , Thara Prabhakaran (2019): “Analysing characteristic features of a pre-monsoon thunderstorm event over Pune, India, using ground based observations and WRF model”, J. Earth System Sci., 128:108, June 2019, DOI:10.1007/s12040-019-1136-3.
124. Vyoma Singla, Subrata Mukherjee,G. Pandithurai, Kundan K. Dani, Pramod D. Safai. (2018): “Evidence of organonitrate formation at a high altitude site, Mahabaleshwar during pre-monsoon season”, Aerosol and Air quality Res, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2018.03.0110.

2018

101. Prabhu Amita and G. Pandithurai (2018): “ISCCP observed large-scale cloud features over the Indo-Pacific, Southern Annular Mode and Indian summer monsoon”, Polar Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2018.04.008.
102. Chakravarty, K, S.Pokhrel, M.Kalashetti, A.K.M.Nair, K.M.C.Reddy, S.M.Deshpande, S.K.Das and G. Pandithuraiand B.N. Goswami (2018): “Unraveling of Cloud types during phases of monsoon intra-seasonal oscillations by a Ka-band Doppler Weather Radar”, Atmospheric Science Letters, DOI:10.1002/asl.847.
103. Mukherjee, S., V. Singla, G. Pandithurai, P.D. Safai, G.S. Meena, K.K. Dani, V. Anil Kumar (2018): “Seasonal variability in chemical composition and source apportionment of sub-micron aerosol over a high altitude site in Western Ghats, India”, Atmos. Environ., DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.02.048, 72-92.
104. Leena P.P., V. Anilkumar, N. Sravanthi, R. Patil, K. Chakravarty, S.K. Saha,G. Pandithurai., (2018): “On the precipitation susceptibility of monsoon clouds to aerosols using high altitude ground-based observations over Western Ghats, India”, Atmos. Environ. 185, 128–136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.001.
105. Kalapureddy, MCR, Sukanya Patra, Subrata K Das, Sachin M Deshpande, Kaustav Chakravarty, Ambuj K Jha, Prasad Kalekar, Hari Krishna Devisetty, Andrew L Pazamany and G. Pandithurai (2017): “A simple biota removal algorithm for 35-GHz cloud radar measurements”, Atmos Measure Tech., doi:amt-2017-254.

2017

96. Utsav, B., S.M. Deshpande, S.K. Das and G. Pandithurai(2017): Statistical characteristics of convective clouds over the Western Ghats derived from weather radar observations, J. Geophys. Res, 122, DOI:10.1002/2016JD026183.
97. Singla, V., S. Mukherjee, P. D. Safai, G. S. Meena, K.K. Dani, andG. Pandithurai  (2017): “Role of organic aerosols in CCN activation and closure over a rural background site in Western Ghats, India”, Atmos. Environ, 158, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.03.037, 148-159.
98. Murali Krishna, U.V., Subrata Kumar Das, Sachin M. Deshpande, S.L.Doiphode, and G. Pandithurai(2017): “The Assessment of Global Precipitation Measurement estimates over the Indian Subcontinent”, Earth and Space Science, AGU, 2017EA000285, DOI 10.1002/2017EA00285, 540-553.
99. Amita Prabhu, Jaiho Oh, In-won Kim, R. H. Kripalani and G. Pandithurai(2017): “SMMR-SSM/I derived Greenland Sea ice variability: links with Indian and Korean Monsoons”, Climate Dyn., DOI 10.1007/s00382-017-3659-0.
100. Leena, P.P., K. Vijayakumar, V. Anil Kumar and G. Pandithurai(2017): “Analysing temporal variability of particulate matter and possible contributing factors over Mahabaleshwar, a high-altitude station in Western Ghats, India”, J. Atmos. Solar and Terr. Phys, 164, November 2017, DOI:10.1016/j.astp.2017.08.013, 105-115.
101. Amita Prabhu, J. Oh, I. Kim, R.H. Kripalani, A.K. Mitra and G. Pandithurai(2017): “Summer monsoon rainfall variability over North East regions of India and its association with Eurasian Snow, Atlantic Sea Surface temperature and Arctic Oscillation”, Climate Dyn, 49, October 2017, DOI:10.1007/s00382-016-3445-4, 2545-2556.
102. Leena, P.P., V. Anil Kumar, K.K. Dani, S.M. Sonbawne, P. Murugavel and G. Pandithurai (2017): “Evidence of new particle formation during post monsoon season over a high-altitude site of the Western Ghats, India”, Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 99:4, 652-664, DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2016.1274031.
103. Panda S., Sahoo S., Pandithurai G., (2017): “Time series analysis of ground-based microwave measurements at K- and V-bands to detect temporal changes in water vapor and temperature profiles”, Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems, 6, January 2017, DOI:10.5194/gi-6-15-2017, 15-26.

2016

88. Anil Kumar V., Pandithurai G., Leena P. P., Dani K. K., Murugavel P., Sonbawne S. M., Patil R.D., Maheskumar R.S. (2016): “Investigation of aerosol indirect effects on monsoon clouds using ground-based measurements over a high-altitude site in Western Ghats”, Atmos. Chemistry and Physics, 16, 2016, DOI:10.5194/acp-16-8423-2016, 8423-8430
89. Bera S., Pandithurai G., Prabha, T. V., (2016): “Entrainment and droplet spectral characteristics in convective clouds during transition to monsoon”, Atmospheric Science Letters, 17, DOI:10.1002/asl.657, 286-293.
90. Harikishan, G., Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R. S., Pandithurai, G., Min Q. L., (2016): “Aerosol indirect effects from ground-based retrievals over the rain shadow region in Indian subcontinent”, J. Geophysical Research, 121, 2016, DOI:10.1002/2015JD024577, 1-14
91. Khatri P., TakamuraT. , Nakajima T., Estellés V., Irie H., Kuze H. , Campanelli M., Sinyuk A., Lee S.-M, Sohn B. J., Pandithurai G., Kim S.-W., Yoon S. C., Martinez-LozanoJ. A., Hashimoto M. , Devara P. C. S., Manago N., (2016): “Factors for inconsistent aerosol single scattering albedo between SKYNET and AERONET”, J. Geophysical Research, 121, 2016, DOI:10.1002/2015JD023976, 1859-1877
92. Leena P.P., Sakharam S., Anil Kumar V., Das S.K., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Characteristics of pre-monsoon convective activity over two contrasting environments from microwave radiometer data – A case study”, J. Indian Geophysical Union, 20, 575-585.
93. Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G., Safai P.D., Prabha T.V., (2016): “Indirect forcing of black carbon on clouds over northeast India”, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 142, 2016, DOI:10.1002/qj.2878, 2968-2973.
94. Prabhu Amita, Kripalani R.H., Preethi B., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Potential role of the February–March Southern Annular Mode on the Indian summer monsoon rainfall: a new perspective”, Climate Dynamics, 47, 2016, DOI:10.1007/s00382-015-2894-5, 1161-1179.
95. Prabhu Amita, Oh J., Kim I-w, Kripalani R.H., Mitra A.K., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Summer monsoon rainfall variability over North East regions of India and its association with Eurasian snow, Atlantic Sea Surface temperature and Arctic Oscillation”, Climate Dynamics, online, DOI:10.1007/s00382-016-3445-4, 1-12
96. Raju M.P., Safai P.D., Vijaykumar K., Devara P.C.S., Naidu C.V., Rao P.S.P., Pandithurai G., (2016): “Atmospheric abundances of black carbon aerosols and their radiative impact over an urban and a rural site in SW India”, Atmos,  Environ., 125, 2016, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.09.023, 429-436.
97. Soni V.K.,Pandithurai G., Pai D.S., (2016): “Is there a transition of solar radiation from dimming to brightening over India?”, Atmospheric Research, 169, 2016, 209–224.
98. Varghese M., Prabha Thara V., Malap N., Resmi E.A., Murugavel P., Safai P.D., Axisa D., Pandithurai G., Dani K., (2016): “Airborne and ground based CCN spectral characteristics: Inferences from CAIPEEX-2011”, Atmospheric Environment,125, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.041, 324–336.

2015

77. Sanap, S.D.,G. Pandithurai and M.G. Manoj (2015): “On the response of Indian summer monsoon to aerosol forcing in CMIP5 model simulations”, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2516-2.
78. Sanap, S.D. and G. Pandithurai (2015): “The effect of absorbing aerosols on Indian monsoon circulation and rainfall : A review”, Atmospheric Research , DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.06.002.
79. Tiwari, S.,G. Pandithurai (2015): “Aerosol optical properties and their relationship with meteorological parameters during wintertime in Delhi, India”, Atmospheric Research, 153, 465-479, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.015.

2014

74. Devara P.C.S., Sumit Kumar, Vijaykumar K., Pandithurai G., (2014): “Sun-Sky radiometer synthesis of interplay between aerosols and monsoon activity over Pune, India”, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171, September 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-014-0828-5, 2501-2517.
75. Dipu S., Pandithurai G., Panicker A.S., Takamura T., Lee D-I, Kim D.  (2014): “Assessment and validation of i-skyradiometer retrievals using broadband flux and MODIS Data”, Advances in Meteorology, February 2014, Article ID 849279.
76. Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G., Beig G., Kim D.C., Lee D.I. (2014): “Aerosol modulation of ultraviolet radiation dose over four metro cities in India”, Advances in Meteorology, January 2014, DOI:10.1155/2014/202868.
77. Latha R., Murthy B.S., Manoj Kumar, Jyotsna S., Lipi K., Pandithurai G., Mahanti N.C. (2014): “Aerosol optical properties and composition over a table top complex mining area in the Monsoon trough region”, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 14,  DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2013.02.0062, 806-817.
78. Bisht, D.S., A.K. Srivastava, A.S. Pipal, M.K. Srivastava, A.K. Pandey, S. Tiwari, G. Pandithurai(2014): “Aerosol characteristics at a rural station in southern peninsular India during CAIPEEX-IGOC: Physical and Chemical properties”, Environ Sci Pollut Res., DOI:10.1007/s11356-014-3836-1.
79. Harikishan, G., B. Padmakumari, R. S. Maheskumar,G. Pandithurai, and Q. L. Min (2014): “Macrophysical and microphysical properties of monsoon clouds over a rain shadow region in India from ground-based radiometric measurements, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 4736–4749, doi:10.1002/2013JD020872.
80. Tiwari, S., A.S. Pipal, A.K. Srivastava, D.S. Bisht, andG. Pandithurai (2014): “Determination of wood burning and fossil fuel contribution of black carbon at Delhi, India using aerosol light absorption technique”, Env. Sci. & Poll Res., DOI:10.1007/s11356-014-3231-2.
81. Panicker, A.S., G. Pandithurai, P.D. Safai, S. Dipu, T. V. Prabha and M. Konwar, (2014): “Observations of black carbon induced semi-direct over Northeast India”, Atmos. Environ., 98, 685-692.
82. Sanap S. D. andG. Pandithurai  (2014): “Inter-annual variability of aerosols and its relationship with regional climate over Indian subcontinent using EOF technique”, Int. J.  Climatol, DOI:10.1002/joc.4037.
83. Sanap, S. D., D. C. Ayantika,G. Pandithurai  and K. Niranjan (2014): “Assessment of the aerosol distribution over Indian subcontinent in CMIP5 models”, Atmos. Environ., 123-137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.017 .
84. Rambabu S., Pillai J.S., Agarwal A., Pandithurai G. (2014): “Evaluation of brightness temperature from a forward model of ground-based microwave radiometer”, J. Earth System Sci., 123, 641-650.
85. Safai, P.D., Raju M.P., Rao P.S.P.,Pandithurai G. (2014): “Characterization of carbonaceous aerosols over the urban tropical location and a new approach to evaluate their climatic importance”, Atmos. Environ., 92, June 2014, 493-500.

2013

62. Dipu, S., Thara V. Prabha,G. Pandithurai, J. Dudhia, G. Pfister, K. Rajesh and B. N. Goswami, (2013):  “Impact of elevated aerosol layer on the cloud macrophysical properties prior to monsoon onset”, Atmos. Environ., DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.036, 454-467.
63. Devara, P.C.S., S. Kumar,G. Pandithurai, P. D. Safai and S. Dipu (2013): “Comparison between urban aerosol products retrieved from collocated Cimel and Prede Sun/sky radiometers at Pune, India”, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, MAP-D-12-00133.

2012

60. Hashimoto, M., T. Nakajima, O. Dubovik, M. Campanelli, H. Che, P. Khatri, T. Takamura, and G. Pandithurai(2012): “Development of a new data-processing method for SKYNET sky radiometer observations”, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 5, doi:10.5194/amt-5-2723-2012.
61. Prabha T.V., Patade S.,G. Pandithurai, Khain A., Axisa D., Pradeep Kumar P., Maheshkumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R., Goswami B.N., (2012): “Spectral width of premonsoon and monsoon clouds over Indo-Gangetic valley”,  J. Geophys. Res., 117, October 2012, DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016837, D20205, 1-15.
62. Pandithurai, G., S. Dipu, T. V. Prabha, R. S. Maheskukar, J.R. Kulkarni, and B. N. Goswami, (2012): “Aerosol effect on droplet spectral dispersion in warm continental cumuli”, J.Geophys.Research, 117, August 2012, D16202, DOI:10.1029/2011JD016532.
63. Nair S., Sanjay J., Pandithurai G., Maheskumar R.S., Kulkarni J.R.,(2012): “On the parameterization of cloud droplet effective radius using CAIPEEX aircraft observations for warm clouds in India”, Atmos. Res., 108, May 2012, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.02.002, 104-114.
64. Kulkarni J.R., Maheshkumar R. S., Morwal S. B. , Padma kumari B.,  Konwar M., Deshpande C. G., Joshi R. R. , Bhalwankar R. V., PandithuraiG.,  Safai P. D.,  Narkhedkar S. G., Dani K.K., Nath A., Sathy Nair, Sapre V.V., Puranik P. V.,  Kandalgaonkar S.S., Mujumdar V.R., Khaladkar R.M., Vijaykumar R., Prabha T.V. and  Goswami B.N. (2012): “Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX): overview and preliminary results”, Current Science, 102, February 2012, 413-425.
65. Urankar G. M., T. V. Prabha, Pandithurai G., P. M. Prabhu P.M., Achuthavarier D.,  B. N. Goswami B.N. (2012): “Aerosol and cloud feedbacks on surface energy balance over selected regions of Indian subcontinent”, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D04210, doi:10.1029/2011JD016363.

2011

54. Seethala,C., Pandithurai,G., Fast J. D. ,  Polade S. D.,  Reddy  M. S. and  Peckham S. E. (2011): “Evaluating WRF-Chem Multi-scale model in simulating aerosol radiative properties over the tropics - A case study over India”, MAPAN J. Metrology Society of India, 26, 4, pp. 269-284.
55. Prabha T.V., Khain A., Maheshkumar R.S., Pandithurai G., Kulkarni J.R., Konwar M., Goswami B.N. (2011):  “Microphysics of pre-monsoon and monsoon clouds as seen from in situ measurements during CAIPEEX”, J. Atmo. Sci., pp. 1-60, doi: 10.1175/2011JAS3707.1
56. Soni, V.K., G. Pandithuraiand D.S. Pai (2011): “Evaluation of long-term solar radiation trends in India”, Int. Journal of Climatology, doi:10.1002/joc.10.034

2010

51. Panicker, A.S., G. Pandithurai, P.D. Safai, S. Dipu and D. Lee (2010): “On the contribution of black carbon the composite aerosol radiative forcing over an urban environment”, Atmos. Environ., 44, 3066-3070.
52. Dani K.K., Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S.,Pandithurai G., Sonbawne S.M., Maheskumar R.S., Saha S.K., Jaya Rao Y (2010): “Long-term trends and variability in measured multi-spectral aerosol optical depth over a tropical urban station in India”, Int. Journal of Climatol, doi: 10.1002/joc.2250.
53. Panicker A.S., Pandithurai G., Dipu S., (2010): “Aerosol indirect effect during successive contrasting monsoon seasons over Indian subcontinent using MODIS data”, Atmos. Environ., 44, 2010, 1937-1943

2009

48. Raj P.E., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Saha S.K., G.Pandithurai,  Devara P.C.S., (2019): “Changes observed in sun photometer derived total column ozone and possible implications on surface-reaching UV radiation over a tropical Indian station”, Int. Journal of Remote Sensing, 30, 2009, 4153-4165
49. G. Pandithurai, T. Takamura, J. Yamaguchi, K. Miyagi, T. Takano, Y. Ishizaka, S. Dipu, and A. Shimizu (2009): “Aerosol effect on cloud droplet size as monitored from surface-based remote sensing over East China Sea region”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L13805, doi:10.1029/2009GL038451.
50.   Panicker, A.S., Pandithurai G., T. Takamura and R. T. Pinker (2009): “Aerosol effects in the UV-B spectral region over Pune, an urban site in India”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L10802, doi:10.1029/2009GL037632.

2008

45. Pandithurai, G., S. Dipu, K. K. Dani, S. Tiwari, D. S. Bisht, P.C.S. Devara and R. T. Pinker (2008): “Aerosol radiative forcing during dust events over New Delhi, India”, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D13209, doi:10.1029/2008JD009804.
46. Pandithurai, G., C. Seethala, B. S. Murthy and P.C.S. Devara (2008): “Investigation of atmospheric boundary layer characteristics for different aerosol absorptions: Case studies using CAPS model”, Atmos. Environ, 42, 4755-4768.
47. Panicker, A. S., G. Pandithurai, P. D. Safai, and S. Kewat, (2008): “Observations of enhanced aerosol longwave radiative forcing over an urban environment”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04817, doi:10.1029/2007GL032879.
48. Raj P.E., Devara P.C.S., Saha S.K., Sonbawne S.M., Dani K.K., Pandithurai G., Murthy A.R. (2008): “Temporal variations in sun photometer measured precipitable water in near IR band and its comparison with model estimates at a tropical Indian station”, Atmosfera,21, 317-333.
49. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., K.K. Dani, G. Pandithurai, M.C.K. Reddy, S. M. Sonbawne, Y. Jaya rao and S. K. Saha (2008): “Mobile Lidar profiling of tropospheric aerosols and clouds”, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25, 1288-1295.
50. Raj P.E., Saha S.K., Sonbawne S.M., Desphpande S.M., Devara P.C.S., Rao Jaya Y., Dani K.K., Pandithurai G., (2008): “Lidar observation of aerosol stratification in the lower troposphere over Pune during pre-monsoon season of 2006”, J. Earth System Sci., 117, 293-302.

2007

39. G. Pandithurai, R.T. Pinker, T. Takamura, P.C.S. Devara and K.K. Dani, (2007): “Seasonal asymmetry in diurnal variation of aerosol optical characteristics over Pune, western India”, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D08208, doi:10.1029/2006JD007803.
40. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, G. Pandithurai, K.K. Dani, S.M. Sonbawne and Y. Jaya rao, (2007): “Differential absorption lidar probing of atmospheric ozone over a tropical urban station in India”, Meas. Sci. Technology, 18, 639-644.
41. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, Y. Jaya Rao, G. Pandithurai, K. K. Dani, K. M. C. Reddy, S. K. Saha and S. M. Sonbawne (2007): “Optical remote sensing contributes to earth-atmosphere radiation research”, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) Newsroom,1-3.

2004

36.  G. Pandithurai, R.T. Pinker, T. Takamura and P.C.S. Devara, 2004: “Aerosol radiative forcing over a tropical urban station in India”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L12107, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019702.
37. R.T. Pinker, G. Pandithurai, B.N. Holben, T.O. Keefer and D. Goodrich, 2004: “Aerosol properties in the semi-arid western United States”, Atmos. Res., 71, 243-252.
38. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, S.K. Saha and S.M. Sonbawne, 2004: “Variability in sunphotometer-derived total ozone over a tropical urban station”, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D08309, doi:10.1029/2003JD004195.
39. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, 2004: “Some results of sunphotometer derived precipitable water content over a tropical Indian station”, J. Appl. Meteorol., 43, 1452-1459.
40. Potdar, M.B., P.C.S. Devara, S.A. Sharma, P.E. Raj, V.V. Parikh, Y.K. Tiwari, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, S.K. Saha, S.M. Sonbawne, Y. Jayarao and G. Pandithurai, 2004: “Remote sensing of spectral signature of land-surface aerosols”, Proc. Indian Academy of Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), 113(1), 103-116.

2003

31. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, G. Pandithurai and K.K. Dani, 2003: “Relationship between lidar-based observations of aerosol content and monsoon precipitation over a tropical station, Pune, India”, Meteorological Applications, 10, 3, 253-262.
32. Tiwari, Y.K., P.C.S. Devara, P.E. Raj, R.S. Maheskumar,G. Pandithurai and K.K. Dani, 2003: “Tropical urban aerosol distributions during pre-sunrise and post-sunset as observed with lidar and solar radiometer at Pune, India”, J. Aerosol Science, 34, 449-458.
33. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai, R.S. Maheskumar and K.K. Dani, 2003: “Some atmospheric aerosol characteristics as determined from laser angular scattering measurement at a continental urban station”, Atmosfera, 39-52.

2002

28. Devara, P.C.S., R.S. Maheskumar, P.E. Raj, G. Pandithurai and K.K. Dani, (2002): “Recent trends in aerosol climatology and air pollution as inferred from multi-year lidar observations over a tropical urban station”, Int. J. Climatol., 22, 435-449.
29. Raj, P.E., P.C.S. Devara, R.S. Maheskumar, G. Pandithuraiand K.K. Dani (2002): Lidar-derived aerosol concentration and their relationship with horizontal winds over an urban location, Mausam, 53, 2, 145-152.

2001

26. G. Pandithurai, R. T. Pinker, O. Dubovik, B. N. Holben, and T. O. Aro, (2001): “Remote sensing of aerosol optical characteristics in Sub-Sahel, West Africa”, J. of Geophys. Res.,106, D22, 28347-28356.
27. R. T. Pinker, G. Pandithurai, B. N. Holben , O. Dubovik, and T. O. Aro, (2001): “A dust outbreak episode in sub-Sahel West Africa”, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 22923-22930.
28. Maheskumar, R.S., P.C.S. Devara,G. Pandithurai, P. Ernest Raj and K.K. Dani, (2001): “Study of winter aerosol optical depths over a tropical urban station”, Atmosfera, 14, 4, 159-169.
29. R.S. Maheskumar, P.C.S. Devara, P. Ernest Raj, G. Pandithurai, K.K. Dani and G.A. Momin, (2001): “Comparison of atmospheric aerosol properties inferred from direct and remote sensing techniques”, Atmos. Environ., 35, 2895-2905.

2000

22. Pinker, R.T., I. Laszlo, D. Goodrich and G. Pandithurai,(2000): “Satellite estimates of surface radiative fluxes for the extended San Pedro Basin: sensitivity to aerosols”, J. Agri & Forest Meteorol., 43-54.

1999

21. Devara, P.C.S., P.E. Raj, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani and G. Pandithurai, (1999): “Ground-based lidar study of aerosol and boundary layer characteristics during INDOEX first field phase”, Current Science, 76, 973-976.
22. Devara, P.C.S., R.S. Maheskumar, P.E. Raj, K.K. Dani, G. Pandithuraiand Y.J. Rao, 1999: Correlative measurements of aerosol optical depth and size distribution around INDOEX-FFP 98 from multi-spectral solar radiometry, Current Science, 76, 977-980.

1998

19. Devara, P.C.S., G. Pandithurai,P.E. Raj, R.S. Maheskumar, K.K. Dani, (1998): “Atmospheric aerosol-cloud-stability relationship as observed with optical and radio remote sensing techniques”, Atmos. Res., 49, 65-76.

1997

18. Pandithurai, G., Devara, P.C.S., Maheskumar, Raj, P.E., and Dani, K.K., (1997): “Spectral characteristics of urban aerosols and their assoication with relative humidity”, Atmos. Res., 45, 109-122.
19. Pandithurai, G., Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E. and Sharma, S., (1997): “Retrieval of aerosol size index from high-resolution spectroradiometer observations”, Aerosol Sci. & Tech, 26, 154-162.
20. Pandithurai, G. and Devara, P.C.S., (1997): “Solar multi-spectral radiometric observations of atmospheric optical thickness over Pasarlapudi gas well blow-out site in India”, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 14, 417-424.
21. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Pandithurai, G., and Praveen Naresh (1997): “Atmospheric stability effects on aerosol structure and stratification”,J. Meteorol., 22, 176-187.
22. Raj, P.E., Devara, P.C.S., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai, G. (1997): “Effect of wind and temperature on time evolution of laser beam scintillations in the surface layer : A case study”, Indian J. Rad. & Space Phys., 26, 45-48.
23. Raj, P.E., Devara, P.C.S., Maheskumar, R.S., Pandithurai, G., and Dani, K.K., (1997): “Lidar measurements of aerosol column content in an urban nocturnal boundary layer”, Atmos. Res., 45, 201-216.

1996

12. Pandithurai, G., Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E. and Sharma, S., (1996): “Aerosol size distribution and refractive index from bistatic lidar angular scattering measurements in the surface layer”,  Remote Sens. Environ., 56, 87-96.
13. Devara, P.C.S., Pandithurai, G., Raj, P.E. and Sharma, S., (1996): “Investigations of aerosol optical depth variations using spectroradiometer at an urban station, Pune, India”,  J. Aerosol Sci., 27, 621-632.
14. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Pandithurai, G., Maheskumar, R.S. and Dani, K.K., (1996): “Lidar for environmental monitoring”.  In:Advances in Instrumentation(eds. B.S. Ramprasad, S. Asokan, K. Rajanna & N.C.Shivaprakash), New Age International (P) Limited, Publications, India, pp. 41-47.
15. Raj, P.E., Devara, P.C.S., Pandithurai, G. and Sharma, S., (1996): “Cloud-base height estimations by laser radar at Pune”, Ind. Jour. Radio & Space Phys., 25, 74-78.

Before 1995

8. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Murthy, B.S., Pandithurai, G., Sharma, S. and Vernekar, K.G., (1995): Intercomparison of nocturnal lower atmospheric structure observed with lidar and sodar techniques at Pune, India, J. Appl. Meteorol., 34, 6, 1375-1383.
9. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai, G., (1995): “Real-time monitoring of atmospheric aerosols using a computer-controlled lidar”, Atmos. Environ., 29, 2205-2215.
10. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai, G., (1995): “Laser studies of atmospheric turbulence in the surface layer”, J. Optics, 24, 2, 1-13.
11. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., and Pandithurai, G., (1995): “Aerosol profile measurements in the lower troposphere using four-wavelength bistatic Argon ion lidar”,  Opt., 34, 4416-4425.
12. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Pandithurai, G., and S. Sharma, (1995): “A high spectral resolution radiometer for atmospheric monitoring”,  Instrum,. Soc. India, 25, 142-154.
13. Devara, P.C.S., Raj, P.E., Sharma, S. and Pandithurai, G., (1995): “Aerosol lidar studies at a tropical urban station”, J. Aerosol Sci, 26, S453-S454.
14. Raj, P.E., Sharma, S., Devara, P.C.S., and Pandithurai, G.,, (1993): “Study of laser scintillation in different atmospheric conditions”, J. Appl. Meteorol., 32, 1161-1167.
15. Pandithurai, G., Sharma, S., Raj, P.E., and Devara, P.C.S., (1993): “Optical-thermal determination of Cn2 in the lower atmosphere”,  Optics, 22, 67-72

Books

1. Abhilash S. Panicker, G .Pandithuraiand Dong-In Lee (2010), Investigation of aerosol direct and indirect climate effects using ground and satellite remote sensing data, LAMBERT Academic publishing, Germany, ISBN:978-3-8383-9690-3.

Book Chapters

1. Satheesh, S.K., Babu S.S., B. Padmakumari,  Pandithurai, V.K. Soni (2017), Variability of Atmospheric Aerosols Over India” In book: Observed Climate Variability and Change over the Indian Region, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-2531-0_13.
2. Pandithuraiand A.S.Panicker:  Aerosol climate effects (book chapter) in book Air Pollution: Monitoring, Impacts and Mitigation Strategies, Edited by A.S. Panicker and Dong-In Lee, ISBN:978-81-308-0488-0,pp 101-118.

PhD Guidance

Ph. D. Students

• Shri Yogesh Kolte, 2018 (SPPU)
• Shri Yang Lian
• Shri Subrata Mukherjee
• Shri Avishek Ray