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MUVVA, VENKATA

Assistant Project Scientist

Degrees:

• B.S., Andhra Loyola College, India
• M.S., Andhra University, India
• Ph.D., Mahatma Gandhi University/ISRO, India

Research Interests:

• Atmospheric brown clouds
• Aerosol-cloud-radiation measurements and climate
• Unmanned aircraft vehicle as research platform
• Miniaturized instrumentation
• Atmospheric boundary layer

Ramanathan, V., M. Agrawal, H. Akimoto, M. Auffhammer, S. Devotta, L. Emberson, S.I. Hasnain, M. Iyngararasan, A. Jayaraman, M. Lawrence, T. Nakajima, T. Oki, H. Rodhe, M. Ruchirawat, S.K. Tan, J. Vincent, J.Y. Wang, D. Yang, Y.H. Zhang, H. Autrup, L. Barregard, P. Bonasoni, M. Brauer, B. Brunekreef, G. Carmichael, C.E. Chung, J. Dahe, Y. Feng, S. Fuzzi, T. Gordon, A.K. Gosain, N. Htun, J. Kim, S. Mourato, L. Naeher, P. Navasumrit, B. Ostro, T. Panwar, M.R. Rahman, M.V. Ramana, M. Rupakheti, D. Settachan, A.K. Singh, G. St. Helen, P.V. Tan, P.H. Viet, J. Yinlong, S.C. Yoon, W.C. Chang, X. Wang, J. Zelikoff and A. Zhu (2008). Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Regional Assessment Report with Focus on Asia, published by the United Nations Environment Program, Nairobi, Kenya, pp. 1-360.

Roberts, G.C., M.V. Ramana, C. Corrigan, D. Kim, and V. Ramanathan (2008). Simultaneous observations of aerosol– cloud–albedo interactions with three stacked unmanned aerial vehicles. PNAS, 105(21), 7370-7375.

Corrigan, C.E., G.C. Roberts, M.V. Ramana, D. Kim and V. Ramanathan (2008). Capturing vertical profiles of aerosols and black carbon over the Indian Ocean using autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles. Atmos. Chem. & Phys., 8, 737-747.

Ramana, M.V., V. Ramanathan, D. Kim, G.C. Roberts and C.E. Corrigan (2007). Albedo, Atmospheric Solar Absorption and Heating rate measurements with stacked UAVs, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 133, 1913-1931.

Ramanathan V., M.V. Ramana, G. Roberts, D. Kim, C.E. Corrigan, C.E. Chung & D. Winker (2007). Warming trends in Asia amplified by brown cloud solar absorption. Nature, 448, 575-578 doi:10.1038/nature06019.

Ramanathan, V., F. Li, M.V. Ramana, P.S. Praveen, D. Kim, C.E. Corrigan, H. Nguyen (2007). Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Hemispherical and regional variations in long range transport, absorption, and radiative forcing. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22S21, doi:10.1029/2006JD008124.

Adhikary, B., G.R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, L.R. Leung, Y. Qian, J.J. Schauer, E.A. Stone, V. Ramanathan and M.V. Ramana (2007). Characterization of the seasonal cycle of South Asian Aerosols: a regional scale modelling analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22S22, doi:10.1029/2006JD008143.

Ramana, M.V., and V. Ramanathan (2006). Abrupt transition from Natural to anthropogenic aerosol radiative forcing: Observations at the ABC-Maldives Climate Observatory, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D20207, doi:10.1029/2006JD007063.

Ramanathan, V. and M.V. Ramana, (2005). Persistent, Widespread, and Strongly Absorbing Haze Over the Himalayan Foothills and the Indo-Ganges Plains. Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 162, 1609-1626.

Di Girolamo, L., T. C. Bond, D. Bramer, D. J. Diner, F. Fettinger, R. A. Kahn, J. V. Martonchik, M.V. Ramana, V. Ramanathan, and P. J. Rasch, (2004). Analysis of Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Aerosol Optical Depths Over Greater India During Winter 2001-2004. Geophy. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, L23115, doi:10.1029/2004GL021273.

Ramana, M.V., V. Ramanathan, I. A. Podgorny, B. B. Pradhan, and B. Shrestha, (2004). The Direct Observations of Large Aerosol Radiative Forcing in the Himalayan Region. Geophy. Res. Lett., 31, L05111, doi:10.1029/2003GL018824.

V. Ramanathan and M.V. Ramana(2003). Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Long-Range Transport and Climate Impacts, Environment Management, 12, 28-33.

Markowich, K.M., P. J. Flatau, M.V. Ramana, P. J. Crutzen and V. Ramanathan (2002). Absorbing Mediterranean aerosols lead to large reduction in solar radiation at the surface, Geophysical Research Letters, 29(20), 1968, doi:10.1029/2002GL015767.

M.V. Ramana, Praveena, K., S. Muraleedharan Nair and P. K. Kunhikrishnan (2004). Thermodynamic Structure of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer over the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean during pre-INDOEX and INDOEX-FFP campaigns, Annales Geophysicae, 22, 2679-2691.

Ramana, M.V., Praveena, K., and P. K. Kunhikrishnan (2004). Surface Boundary-Layer Characteristics over a tropical Inland station: Seasonal features, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 111, 153-175.

Ramana, M.V., K. Praveena, S. Muraleedharan Nair and P.K. Kunhikrishnan (2004). Air-sea parameters and fluxes associated with anomalous event in the Indian Ocean during 1997-98 El Nino period, Atmospheric Research, 70, 21-32.

Praveena, K., P.K. Kunhikrishnan, Sudha Ravindren, Radhika Ramachandren and M.V. Ramana (2004). Observations of the Atmospheric surface layer parameters over a semi arid region during the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, Earth and Planetary Sci., 113 (3), 353-363.

Ramana, M.V., K. Sen Gupta, G.S. Bhat, S. Ameenulla and J.V.S. Raju (2000). Inertial-Dissipation flux measurements over the south Bay of Bengal during BOBMEX-Pilot experiment, Earth and Planetary Sci., 109, 239-247.

Bhat, G.S., S. Ameenulla, M.V. Ramana and K. Sen Gupta (2000). Atmospheric Boundary Layer Characteristics during BOBMEX-Pilot experiment, Earth and Planetary Sci., 109, 229-237, 2000.

Vijaykumar, M., S. Raman, D. S. Niyogi, P. Vinayaka, J. M. Morrison, M.V. Ramana, and J.V.S. Raju (2000). Marine Boundary Layer variability over the Indian Ocean during INDOEX (1998), Boundary Layer Meteorology, 97, 411- 430.

K. Parameswaran, Prabha R. Nair, Rekha Rajan and M.V. Ramana (1999). Aerosol loading in coastal and marine environment in the Indian Ocean region during winter season, Current Science, 76, 947.

Ramana, M.V., K. Sen Gupta, R. Radhika, R. Sudha, S. Ameenulla and J.V.S. Raju (1999). Latitudinal variation of boundary layer height over the Indian ocean during Pre- and First Field Phase (FFP-98) of INDOEX, Current Science, 76, 898.