K Krishnamoorthy

Biography

Krishnaswamy Krishnamoorthy obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in Physics from the University of Kerala and subsequently joined the Space Physics Division of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (1973). There he did research on equatorial ionospheric scintillations, using the phase coherent multi-frequency beacon transmissions from the ATS-6 satellite under the SITE programme. The research work carried out under the supervision of Dr BV Krishna Murthy fetched him PhD degree from the University of Kerala in 1986. Subsequently, Dr Krishnamoorthy took up investigations of atmospheric aerosols characteristics, microphysics, long-range transport and regional climate forcing. In this endeavour he was associated with several national programs such as the Indian Middle Atmosphere Programme, the ISRO- Geosphere Biosphere Program, the Indoex-India programme, and the Indian Climate Research Programme. He has been instrumental in setting up a national network of 35 aerosol observatories spanning the Indian landmass, from Thiruvananthapuram to Hanle, and Naliya to Dibrugarh and and islands Minicoy in the Arabian Sea and Port Blair in the Bay of Bengal, under the project Aerosol Radiative Forcing over India (ARFI) and became its Project Director. He also conceived and executed, leading from the front, the national multi-institutional field experiment, ICARB, the biggest field experiment ever conducted for atmospheric studies, using network observatories, research ship over the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, covering > 4 million sq. km of oceanic area, and instrumented aircraft under the Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB), for which also he was the project director.

Research Interest

Atmospheric Aerosols