Technical Session I - Aerosol Research: Global Perspective  

AERONET-A Review of AERONET Research Accomplishments From the Past 10 Years of Observations.  B N Holben

Scientific Issues in Understanding the Climate Effects of Anthropogenic Aerosols in Asia.  Teruyuki Nakajima, Tamio Takamura, Toshihiko Takemura, Akiko Higurash, Takashi Y. Nakajima and Hajime Okamoto

Characterisation of the Spatio–Temporal Heterogeneity of Atmospheric Aerosols and Impact on Regional Radiative Forcing: Indian Perspective. K Krishnamoorthy

 Technical Session II - Climatic Effects and Radiative Forcing

Aerosol Effects on the Surface Radiation Budget Over the Indian Region: Possible Link to Monsoon? R T Pinker, M Wonsick, H Liu, G Pandithurai, P C S Devara and T Takamura

Realizing an Aerosol Model for India. A Jayaraman

Study of Aerosol Optical Depth and Ångström Coefficients Over Delhi During Sand Storm Period and Its Impact on Total Solar Radiation Flux. Sachchidanand Singh, Shambhu Nath, R S Tanwar and Risal Singh

A Model of Global Flux of Solar Radiation Using Aerosol Optical Depth Measurements at Two Wavelengths and Its Comparison With Pyranometer Measured Flux Under Clear Sky Conditions Over Delhi. P K Pasricha, Risal Singh, R S  Tanwar, Sachchidanand Singh and S Nath

Observed Large-Scale Changes in the Cloud Radiative Forcing Averaged Over the Indian Monsoon Region. S D Patil and R K Yadav

Observational Estimation of Direct Radiative Forcing by Atmospheric Aerosols. R.S. Maheskumar and P C S Devara

Role of Tropospheric Turbulence in the Formation and Persistence of Tropical Cirrus. K Parameswaran and S V Sunilkmuar

Aerosol Radiative Forcing and Heating Rates During Winter and Pre-Monsoon Seasons Over Pune. G Pandithurai, R T Pinker and P C S Devara

A GCM Study on Sulphate Aerosols During the Winter Monsoon Season for 1998 and 1999. Sunita Verma, S K Deb, O Boucher, H C Upadhyaya, O P Sharma, M Shekar Reddy, P Levan and F Binkowski

Technical Session III - Aerosol Chemistry and Fog Characterization

Interactions Between Atmospheric Aerosol and Water. S N Pandis

Measurements of Fine Particulates Mass at New Delhi. B.C. Arya, S L Jain, Arun Kumar and Sachin D Ghude

A Parameterization of Ion Induced Nucleation of Sulphuric Acid and Water for Atmospheric Conditions. Sanjeev Kumar, Moninder Singh Modgil, S N Tripathi, E R Lovejoy and Jan Kazil

Continuous Seasonal Profile of Particulate Levels and Their Chemical Composition in an Urban Environment. Rakesh Kumar, Abba Elizabeth, A.G. Gawane and R. Biniwale

Rainwater Chemistry Around National Capital Region of Delhi. Suresh Tiwari, G A Momin , P S P Rao, P D Safai  ,  D M Chate, K. Ali, Hennig Rodhe  and Lennart Granat

Airborne Measurements of Aerosol Size-Distributions on a Cloudy Day. V Gopalakrishnan, P Murugavel and A K Kamra

Fog and Urban Air Pollution Over Delhi: Observations and Analysis. Manju Mohan and Swagata Payra

 Technical Session IV - Surface and Atmospheric Ozone

Surface Ozone Over the Indian Region. Shyam Lal

Ozone Pollution: Indian Scenario. Gufran Beig and S Gunthe

Study of Ozone Hole Over Maitri at Fringe Region of Antarctica During 2003. Ashok Kumar, V B Gupta, Sachin D Ghude, S L Jain and B C Arya

Recent Improvements in the Total Ozone Derived from NOAA Satellites. Devendra Singh, S K Srivastav, Sant Prasad and S K Mukharjee

Ozone Instrumental Monitoring and Phytodetection in Greece. C J Saitanis, M G Karandinos, A N Riga-Karandinos, DV Lekkas, D H Katsaras, G Arapis

Temporal Trends of Total Ozone and Water Vapour at Trivandrum. Prabha R Nair, Susan George K and K Parameswaran

Diesel Exhaust Particulates Characterization for Heavy Metals. K V L Bharathi, Dipankar Dwivedi, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Mukesh Sharma

Technical Session V - Bio- and Radioactive Aerosols, Nano-Particles

Role of Bioaerosol in Causing Human Respiratory Allergy. Sunirmal Chanda

Nano-Particle Formation and Growth Dynamics in Aerosol Reactors: Building Blocks for Nanotechnology Applications. Pratim Biswas

PM2.5 Concentration and Composition Variation in an Urban Area With Large Highway Density— The Cincinnati Childhood Allergy and Air Pollution Study (CCAPS). Pratim Biswas, Shaohua Hu, Rafael McDonald, Dainius Martuzevicius, Sergey A. Grinshpun, James Lockey and Grace LeMasters

Size Distribution Characteristics of Some Indian Therapeutic Nebulizers. B K Sapra

Dynamics of Chain Aggregates of Carbon Nanoparticles Synthesized By Laser Abation. Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya, Weizhi Rong and Sheldon K Friedlander

Implications of Aerosol Dynamics with Varying Time-Temperature History on the Positioning of Particulate Control Devices in I C Engine Tailpipes. Ajay Kumar Chaudhary, Pravina P Parikh and Virendra Sethi

Comparison of Performance of Sampling Devices: Moudi and Single Stage Impactor for PM2.5 in Producer Gas from Thermal Biomass Gasifiers. Nitin Goyal, N Selvakumar, Pravina P Parikh and Virendra Sethi

Carcinogenic PAHs in Ambient Air of Indian Metropolis. Jovita A Manuel, K M Phadke and Animesh Kumar

Technical Session VI - Remote Sensing of Aerosols and Clouds

Combined Ground-Based and Satellite-Borne Study of Aerosol Characteristics During Successive Contrasting Monsoon Seasons. P C S Devara and R L Bhawar

Mapping of Aerosol Properties at 412, 443 and 670 nm Using IRS-P4 OCM-Land and Ground Based Sunphotometer Data. Rajshree Rege, M B Potdar and P C S Devara

Characteristics of the Fractional Cloud Cover and its Altitude Distribution Over the Indian Ocean Region Derived from NOAA-AVHRR. K Rajeev, C Suresh Raju and K Parameswaran

Cloud Studies Using Kalpana-1 Data: Potential and Possibilities. C Suresh Raju, K Rajeev, K Parameswaran, K S Jagannath, C G Patil

Seven-Years Satellite Observations of the Mean Structure and Variabilities of Regional Aerosol Distribution Over the Oceanic Areas Around the Indian Subcontinent. Sandhya K Nair, K Rajeev and K Parameswaran

Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosols by Raman Spectroscopy at Ahmednagar (M S). V M Harpale, Sachin D Ralegankar, D B Jadahav, S D Dhole

Technical Session VII - Air Pollution     (click here to download)

A Sun Photometer for Atmospheric Haze and Water Vapor:  A Hands-on Educational Activity for High Schools. Rosalyn A Pertzborn, Sanjay S Limaye and W Paul Menzel

Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Aerosols of Mumbai. S K Sahu, G G Pandit and V D Puranik

Aerosol Flow Cell for the On-line Measurement of Aerosol characteristics Using the MASTERSIZER-S. T S Selvakumaran, R Baskaran and V Subramanian

Variation in Acidic and Neutralising Potentials of Aerosols at Pune and Sinhagad After Two Decades. P D Safai, P S Praveen, P S P Rao, G A Momin, K Ali and D M Chate

Characteristics of Aerosols Over an Urban Site of Semiarid Region in India. Ranjit Kumar, K Maharaj Kumari and S S Srivastava

Continuous Volatile Fraction Measurement in PM10 and PM2.5. TH Petry, M Richter, H Grimm, K Mueller, G Spindler

Study on Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Size-fractionated Atmospheric Aerosols. G G Pandit, S K Sahu and V D Puranik

Aerosol Impacts over India. Menas Kafatos, Sudipta Sarkar, Ramesh P Singh

Chemical Uptake of Acidic Species by Mineral Aerosols over a Semi-Arid Region. Neeraj Rastogi and M. M. Sarin

Association between First Southern Hemisphere Stratospheric Warming and Volcanic aerosols.Indira Sudhir Joshi and Sopan Kurkute

Size Distribution of Suspended Particulate Matter and Metals in Atmospheric Aerosols in Delhi. Arun Srivastava and V K Jain

A Case Study on The Impact of Wet Removal on Aerosol Spectral Optical Depth and Retrieved Size Distributions. Auromeet Saha and K Krishna Moorthy

Determination of Mixing Layer Height Using Lidar. Manoj K Srivastava, Giovanni Martucci, Valentin Mitev, Renaud Matthey, Max Frioud and Hans Richner

Seasonal Distributions In Black Carbon and Carbon Monoxide Emissions from Biomass Burning In India. C Venkataraman, G Habib, J F Leon, O Boucher, D G Streets, M Shrivastava, A K Chaudhary, M S Reddy, B Crouzille

Inter-Comparison of Aerosol Parameters over Kanpur, Northern India Retrieved from Ground-Based Radiometer and Satellite Data. Sagnik Dey, S N Tripathi, A Chandel, S Srivastava and Ramesh P Singh

Application of an Empirical Model for Forecasting Summer Monsoon Rainfall at Trombay, Mumbai. V J Daoo

Carbonaceous Constituents and Radiation Absorption of Aerosols Emitted from Biofuel Combustion. G Habib, C Venkataraman, A Eiguren-Fernandez, A H Miguel, T C Bond S K Friedlander

Technical Session VIII - Atmospheric Aerosol Characterization

Aerosol Optical Depths Over a High Altitude Station: - Nainital: Spectral Characteristics And Forenoon-Afternoon Asymmetry. U C Dumka, Brijesh Kumar, P Pant, K Krishna Moorthy, Ram Sagar  and Auromeet Saha

Diurnal and Seasonal Variation of Aerosol Optical Depth Measured Over a Tropical Location in NE India. M M Gogoi and P K Bhuyan

Temporal Variations in Aerosol Properties in the Nepal Himalaya and Their Relationship with Atmospheric Circulation. Arun B Shrestha, Michael H Bergin , Christian M Carrico and Jack E Dibb

Spatial and Temporal Variations of Boundary Layer Aerosols Over Arabian Sea During Pre-Monsoon Period. Prabha R Nair, Sunil Kumar S V, Susan George K, and K. Parameswaran

Aerosol Black Carbon Over Coastal Arabian Sea During Inter Monsoon and Summer Monsoon Seasons During Armex – II. K Krishna Moorthy, S Suresh Babu and S K Satheesh

Aerosol Optical Properties Over the Arabian Sea During Inter-Monsoon: Effect of Long-Range Transport. S Suresh Babu, K Krishna Moorthy and S K Satheesh

Physical and Chemical Properties of Aerosols in Urban and Semi Urban Environments. P S Praveen, P D Safai, P S P Rao, D M Chate, K Ali, G A Momin, S Tiwari and P C S Devara

Spatial Variation in Aerosol Characteristics Studied During the ISRO-GBP Land-Campaign, Feb. 2004. Dilip Ganguly, A  Jayaraman, H  Gadhavi and T  A Rajesh

Spatial Gradients in Aerosol Optical Depth and Columnar Size Characteristics  Over Arabian Sea and Tropical Indian Ocean. Auromeet Saha  and K Krishna Moorthy

Diurnal Variation of Soot Over Urban Areas of Hyderabad. K Madhavi Latha and K V S Badarinath

Aerosol Variations of Regions Along the West Coast of India. T  Suresh, A  Rodrigues, K Ramdasan

Spatial variation of Aerosol Optical Depth Over the Oceanic Regions Surrounding India Using IRS P4 OCM data. Indrani Das and M Mohan

Twilight Probing of Dust Particles in the Middle Atmosphere During Leonid Meteor Shower 2003. B Padma Kumari, V P Kanawade, H K Trimbake and D B Jadhav     

Posters   

Aerosol Mass Size Distribution and Its in Relation with Meteorological Parameters Over Urban Areas. K Madhavi Latha and K V S Badarinath

Environmental Policy – A Requirement of Survival of Humankind. V N Sastry

Possible Causes of Chilled Climatic Condition Occurred During January 2003 in Northern India and Its Impact on Environment and National Food Security. G C Kisku and S K Bhargava

Characterization of Sodium Aerosols Produced During Performance Testing of Sodium Leak Collection Tray. V Subramanian, R Baskaran, T S Selvakumarn, F C Parida and S E Kannan

Aerosol Size Distributions Over the Southeast Arabian Sea During Pre-Monsoon Season. P Ernest Raj, K K Dani, S K Saha and P C S Devara

Spatial Variation of Aerosol Optical Depth Over Arabian Sea: Effect of Long-Range Transport. Auromeet Saha and K Krishna Moorthy

Observation of Latitudinal and Vertical Distribution of Infra-Red Radiative Force Using Radiometer Sonde Over Indian Ocean During the INDOEX IFP-1999 and Its Comparison with Other Indian Ground Stations.  Ravi Kumar, T K Mandal, S K Peshin and A P Mitra

Scaling of Microwave Radiances to Layer Averaged Relative Humidity. V O John and S A Buehler

Direct Radiative Forcing of Sulfur and Soot Aerosols in Southeastern U.S. and Its Relevance to Indian Monsoon Clouds. Vinod K Saxena, Ali H Omar, Surabi Menon and Tihomir Novakov

Long Term Variability in Absorbing Aerosol Loading Over India Detected by TOMS. Gazala Habib, Chandra Venkataraman, Isabelle Chiapello, S Ramachandran, Olivier Boucher, M Shekar Reddy

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Estimation of Percent Reduction in Conductivity from Ion-Aerosol Balance Equation. K Nagaraja, B S N Prasad, N Srinivas and M S Madhava

Variation of Indoor Radon and Thoron Progeny Levels in Different Types of Dwellings in Mysore City. J Sannappa, M S Chandrashekara and L Paramesh

Monitoring and Control of Air Pollution Exposure   Due to Domestic Cooking in Urban Areas. Gangamma S, Suresh K Varghese, Rashmi S Patil and Virendra Sethi

Ground-based Radiometric Measurements of Aerosols and Pre-cursor Gases Over Pune and Their Comparison with TOMS and MODIS Satellite Data. R L Bhawar and P C S Devara

 Seasonal Variations of Lower Tropospheric Aerosol Layers Observed Using Lidar. Veerabuthiran S, Satyanarayana M, Ramakrishna Rao D, Presennakumar B, Mohankumar S V, Muraleedharan Nair, S and Sreeja R

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Studies on Aerosol Optical Depth Over Biomass Burning Areas Using Synchronous Satellite and Ground Based Measurements. K Madhavi Latha and K V S Badarinath

Studies on Atmospheric Electrical Conductivity Related to Radon and its Progeny Concentrations in the Lower Atmosphere at Mysore. M S Chandrashekara, J  Sannappa and L Paramesh

A Study of Diurnal and Seasonal Variation of Indoor Radon Concentrations in Uttaranchal. R C Ramola and V M Choubey

Arsenicals Emission from Semiconductor and Opto-Electronic Facilities and Effect on Surrounding Air Quality. HungMin Chein, Yu-Du Hsu, Shankar G Aggarwal, Tzu-Ming Chen, Chun-Chao Huang

Pinatubo Effects: Aerosol Size Distribution. N V Raju, T K Umesh and B Narasimhamurthy

Heavy Metal and Soot Addition in Lubricating Oil of EGR Operated Diesel Engine. Shrawan Kumar Singh, Avinash Kumar Agarwal and Mukesh Sharma

Mechanism of Surfactant Application in Scrubbing of Inorganic Wastes Gases.HungMin Chein, Shankar G Aggarwal, Hsin-Hsien Wu

Size Distributions of Particulate Matter in Producer Gas Generated from Thermal Biomass Gasifiers. N Selvakumar,  Pravina P Parikh and Virendra Sethi

On Correlation of Chemical Species in Atmosphere. Sukarma Thareja

Exposure to Soapstone Dust in Pesticides Manufacturing - A Preliminary Study.L J Bhagia, J B Vyas, R A Rathod and H N Saiyed

Study of Atmospheric Aerosols in the Urban Environment at Pune. N Shantikumar, G R Aher and V V Agashe

Atmospheric Turbidity over Mysore (12.3°N). K E Ganesh, T K Umesh and B Narasimhamurthy

Identification of Cloudy Pixels Using NOAA-AVHRR Data. Rashi Agarwal, D Singh and K P Singh

Generation of Aerosols Using Thermal Plasma Torch for Fast Reactor Safety Studies. R Baskaran, V Subramanian and T S Selvakumaran

Ozone Levels in Lower Atmosphere of Yanbu Industrial City. Vincent Joseph Mecheery and Joseph Sebastian Paimpillil

PM10 Mass Concentration in Residential Homes Located in Different Environment in Agra, India – A Case Study. Alfred  J Lawrence and Ajay Taneja

Monitoring of Benzene in Ambient Air at Traffic Junctions in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. J R Toravi,  R D Karnik and  M Y Chikhale

Real-Time Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations in South Indian City of Mysore. Pramod Pai, Andrew Maynard, Penny Rechkemmer, B S N Prasad, Gurumurthy Ramachandran, S L Belagali

Heavy Metals Exposure Study in Silver Foundaries Situated in Ahmedabad. N G Sathwara, C B Pandya, L J Bhagia, G L Pandya, J B Vyas, Shruti Patel, S K Dave and D J Parikh

Impact of Fly Ash in Formation of Aerosols. Kanjan Upadhyay.

Chemical Characteristics of Fine and Coarse Aerosols at Sinhagad – A High Altitude Location. P S P Rao, P S Praveen, P D Safai, G A Momin,  K Ali, D M Chate L Granat, H Rodhe

Spectral Characteristics and Columnar Size Distribution of Aerosols Over Arabian Sea and Tropical Indian Ocean. Auromeet Saha, K Krishna Moorthy

Sampling and Analysis of PM2.5 from IC Engines: Determination of Hydrocarbons Using Thermo-gravimetric Analysis. Nitin Goyal and Virendra Sethi

Wet Scavenging Of Atmospheric Aerosols Through Fog at a Rural Site of Assam. Monika J Kulshrestha, U C Kulshrestha, R Sekar, A K Hazarika, N C Dey and P G Rao

Chemical Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosols at an Urban Site of South Central India. U C Kulshrestha, S Azhaguvel, T Nageswararao and R Sekar

Phase Function Dependence On Relative Humidity: Implications To Satellite Remote Sensing. Amit Misra and A Jayaraman