Rohini Bhawar

• Ph.D.
• Professor (Assistant) at Savitribai Phule Pune University

Forests are vital for life on Earth but are threatened by forest fires, which have significant impacts on climate change both locally and globally. This study examines a forest fire that lasted from 15 to 26 February 2019 in Karnataka, India, using the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model to analyze the effects and...

The unprecedented rise of solar energy as a dominant power source is a remarkable feat, considering our historical struggle to establish its widespread adoption. However, the dynamics of solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface are greatly influenced by meteorological conditions such as clouds, aerosols, and wind speed. This study investigates...

Surface solar radiation (SSR) is a fundamental energy source for an equitable and sustainable future. Meteorology-induced variability increases uncertainty in SSR, thereby limiting its reliability due to its intermittent nature. This variability depends on several meteorological factors, including clouds, atmospheric gases, and aerosol concentratio...

Surface solar radiation (SSR) is a fundamental energy source for an equitable and sustainable future. Meteorology-induced variability increases uncertainty in SSR, thereby limiting its reliability due to its intermittent nature. This variability depends on several meteorological factors, including clouds, atmospheric gases, and aerosol concentratio...

Surface solar radiation (SSR) is a fundamental energy source for an equitable and sustainable future. Meteorology-induced variability increases uncertainty in SSR, thereby limiting its reliability due to its intermittent nature. This variability depends on several meteorological factors, including clouds, atmospheric gases, and aerosol concentratio...

Indian summer monsoon (ISM) inter-annual variability on spatial and temporal scale is evaluated with CMIP6 models based on historical simulations. We have selected the best ten models based on the model’s ability to represent mean seasonal precipitation, annual cycle of precipitation, and coefficient of variation. For these selected models, histori...

Ka‐band (32 GHz) communications links utilized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flight missions for science downlink are susceptible to degradation due to weather. In this study, a customized real‐time forecast system has been developed to predict zenith atmospheric noise temperature (Tatm) at the Deep Space Network (DSN)...

Every year, forest fires and harvest harnessing produce atmospheric pollution in October and November over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). The fire count data (MODIS) shows a decreasing/increasing trend of fire counts in all confidence ranges in October/November over Northern India. There is a widespread increase in fires with a confidence level abo...

Atmospheric aerosols or atmospheric particulate matter affects climate variables like temperature and rainfall, agricultural productivity, soil, and human health. We evaluated aerosol lifecycle over India via simulations (2005–2014) from three general circulation models under the COALESCE project (carbonaceous aerosol emissions, source apportionmen...

Confirmed rise in average surface temperature and consequent prolonged dry days in tropical Himalayan foothills (tarai region) favors frequent wildfire event which make susceptible to the local forest vegetation and ecology. Recent improvement in spatio-temporal resolution of space-borne sensors provides an opportunity to routinely map these wildfi...

The implementation of a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 disease has reduced the loading of anthropogenic aerosols. However, AOD distribution over South Asia during the lockdown period shows a dipole pattern: reduction over North Indian and enhancement over the Myanmar region. This dipole pattern is evident in some datasets (MODIS...

With an aim to study the year-to-year changes in physical, optical, and radiative properties of polar aerosols, special observation campaigns were conducted during three consecutive summers of 2010, 2011 and 2012 over Ny-Ålesund (78.9°N, 11.9°E, 42 m AMSL), Arctic, employing a ground-based Multi-channel Solar-radiometer (MICROTOPS II Sun- photomete...

The COVID-19 lockdown restrictions influenced global atmospheric aerosols. We report aerosol variations over India using multiple remote sensing datasets [Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), Cloud-Aerosol Lidar, and Infrared Pathfinder (CALIPSO)], and model reanalysis [Copernicus Atmosphere Moni...

Using the CALIPSO (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations) and MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite data sets along with the CSIRO-MK 3.6.0 model simulations, we analyzed the aerosol optical depth (AOD) variability during March–May (MAM), June–August (JJA) along with their annual mean variabili...

First ever 3-day aircraft observations of vertical profiles of Black Carbon (BC) were obtained during the Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) conducted on 30(th) August, 4(th) and 6(th) September 2009 over Guwahati (26°11'N, 91°44'E), the largest metropolitan city in the Brahmaputra River Valley (BRV) region...

In the present study, a coupled atmosphere–ocean global climate model (CSIRO-Mk3.6) is used to investigate the role of aerosol forcing agents as drivers of snow melting trends in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) region. Anthropogenic aerosol-induced snow cover changes in a warming climate are calculated from the difference between historical run (HIST) and...

Clouds play a very important role in sustaining one of the largest monsoon system; Asian monsoon in terms of formation, occurrence and feedback. Most of the previous studies about cloud variability were concentrated over oceans. Though, different cloud types drive the mesoscale circulation, there is still lack of understanding of cloud types and th...

Contrasting monsoons of 2008 and 2009 provided a test bed to enhance the understanding of the aerosol variability and aerosol-cloud interaction. Vertical aerosol profiles derived from the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) are used to delineate the aerosol properties during the two contrasting Indian summer...

The Raman lidar system BASIL was operational in Achern (Black Forest) between 25 May and 30 August 2007 in the framework of the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS). The system performed continuous measurements over a period of approx. 36 h from 06:22 UTC on 1 August to 18:28 UTC on 2 August 2007, capturing the signature...

Observations of a case study from the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study on 20th July 2007 showed that in the outflow region of a Mesoscale Convective System, the Black Forest was responsible for convection regeneration above the crests of the mountains. The Weather Research and Forecasting numerical model has been run with a...

Using Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) satellite derived vertical pro- files (Total Attenuated Backscatter at 532 nm, Depolarization Ratios at 532 nm, Vertical Feature Mask, monthly mean vertical aerosol and extinction variability), monthly precipitation anomalies from National Centers for Environmental P...

Water vapor measurements with the multiwavelength Raman lidar Backscatter Extinction Lidar-Ratio Temperature Humidity Profiling Apparatus (BERTHA) were performed during the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) in the Black Forest, Germany, from June to August 2007. For quality assurance, profiles of the water vapor mixin...

During the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS), lidar dark and bright bands were observed by the University of BASILicata Raman lidar system (BASIL) during several intensive (IOPs) and special (SOPs) observation periods (among others, 23 July, 15 August, and 17 August 2007). Lidar data were supported by measurements fro...

The upper tropospheric (UT) ice water content (IWC) and water vapor (H2O) observed by the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) show dominant dipole mode variability over the Indian Ocean. This is characterized by the oscillating differences between the Western and Eastern Indian Ocean (WIO and EIO) with greater amplitude in JJA and SON than in other season...

The three NASA A-train satellites, CALIPSO, Aura MLS and CloudSat fly in formation and provide unprecedented 3-dimensional measurements of cloud profiles nearly simultaneously. CALIPSO is sensitive to thin cirrus and provides information on multiple cloud layers as long as they are not too thick. The newly released CALIPSO (V3.01) Ice Water Content...

The present study suggests that aerosols play a major role in cloud formation and affect significantly the precipitation over a regional scale. The study reveals that there is a high variability of aerosol index during a bad monsoon year 2002, indicating an extension of cycle to more than 100 days from a normal 50 day cycle of absorbing and non-abs...

The main objective of this work is to provide accurate error estimates for the different water vapour profiling sensors based on an intensive inter-comparison effort. The inter-comparison, performed in the framework of COPS-Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (01 June-31 August 2007), involves airborne and ground-based water v...

During the Convective and Orographically‐induced Precipitation Study (COPS), lidar dark bands were observed by the Univ. of BASILicata Raman lidar system (BASIL) on several IOPs and SOPs (among others, 23 July, 15 August, 17 August). Dark band signatures appear in the lidar measurements of particle backscattering at 355, 532 and 1064 nm and particl...

The Raman lidar system BASIL was operational in Achern (Supersite R, Lat: 48.64° N, Long: 8.06° E, Elev.: 140 m) in the frame of the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study. BASIL operated continuously over a period of approx. 36 hours from 06:22 UTC on 1 August to 18:28 UTC on 2 August 2007, to cover IOPs 13 a-b. In this timefram...

The Raman lidar system BASIL was deployed in Achern (Supersite R, Lat: 48.64° N, Long: 8.06° E, Elev.: 140 m) in the frame of the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study. On 20 July 2007 a frontal zone passed over the COPS region, with a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) imbedded in it. BASIL was operated continuously during this...

ABSTRACT The main objective of this work is to provide accurate error estimates for the different water vapour profiling sensors based on an intensive inter-comparison effort. The inter-comparison, performed in the framework of COPS—Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (01 June–31 August 2007), involves airborne and ground-...

This paper presents the project Earth Cooling by Water Vapor Radiation, an observational programme, which aims at developing a database of spectrally resolved far infrared observations, in atmospheric dry conditions, in order to validate radiative transfer models and test the quality of water vapor continuum and line parameters. The project provide...

Extensive aerosol observations were carried out at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, an urban site in the western part of the country, using a Prede (Model POM-01L) sun/sky radiometer and a bi-static Argon ion lidar since December 2000 and October 1986, respectively. The sun/sky radiometer was operated daily at every 15 minute...