Kaushar Ali
Scintiest
Meteorology
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
India
Biography
Dr. Kaushar Ali is an professor in the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.
Research Interest
Cloud Physics: Based on Radar Observations of Clouds Around Delhi • Growth and decay processes of convective clouds • Size and spatial distribution of convective clouds • Level of precipitation formation and precipitation initiation mechanism in the clouds • Some physical characteristics of layer clouds • Fractal dimension of convective clouds • Atmospheric electricity Aerosol, precipitation and atmospheric trace gases • Physical and chemical characterization of aerosols, their sources and sinks • Organic carbon and Elemental carbon in the boundary layer, their sources and sinks and their environmental impacts • Acid deposition and precipitation (rainfall, fog and snow) chemistry • Boundary layer ozone and its precursor gases: their long term-trend, sources, sinks and chemistry • Air pollution Aerosol and cloud interaction • CCN and cloud growth in Delhi region • Aerosol scavenging by clouds and precipitation • SO2 and its contribution to CCN
Publications
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Bisht, D.S., Tiwari, S., Dumka, U.C., Srivastava, A.K., Safai, P.D., Ghude S.D., Chate, D.M., Rao, P.S.P., Ali, K., Prabhakaran, T., Panickar, A.S., Soni, V.K., Attri, S.D., Tunved, P., Chakrabarty, R.K., Hopke, P.K., Tethered balloon-born and ground-based measurements of black carbon and particulate profiles within the lower troposphere during the foggy period in Delhi, India, Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 573, 894-905
