Department of Physics, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Rainfall : little rainfall (4 mm)
Wind speed : Normal ( <10m/s )
Temperature : Max : 33, Min : 27
Relative Humidity: Max : 95, Min : 55
Kakkanattu, S.P., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2023
Kakkanattu, S. P., Mehta, S. K., Purushotham, P., Betsy, K. B., Seetha, C. J., and Musaid, P. P., “Continuous monitoring of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) height from micro pulse lidar over a tropical coastal station, Kattankulathur (12.82° N, 80.04° E)”, <i>Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics</i>, vol. 135, no. 1, 2023. doi:10.1007/s00703-022-00938-x.
Ali, S., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2022
Ali, S., Mehta, S.K*., Ananthavel, A., and Reddy, T. V. R. (2022): Temporal and vertical distributions of the occurrence of the cirrus clouds over the coastal station in the Indian monsoon region, Chem. Phys., 22, 8321–8342, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-8321-2022
Annamalai, V and Mehta, S.K. 2022
Annamalai, V & Mehta*, S. K. (2022). Extreme Variability of the Tropical Tropopause over the Indian Monsoon Region. Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06264-7, IF: 4.705
Reddy, T.R., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2021
Reddy, T. R., Mehta*, S. K., Ananthavel, A., Ali, S. & Rao, D. N. (2021). “Evolution of the planetary boundary layer and its simulation over a tropical coastal station Kattankulathur (12.83º N, 80.04º E), Theoretical and Applied Climatology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03770-2, IF: 3.375
Aravindhavel, A., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2021b
Aravindhavel, A., Mehta*, S. K., Ali, S., Reddy, T. R., Annamali, V., & Rao, D. N. (2021). Micro Pulse Lidar measurements in coincidence with CALIPSO overpasses: Comparison of tropospheric aerosols over Kattankulathur (12.82 oN, 80.04 oE). Atmospheric Pollution Research, 101082., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2021.101082. IF: 4.352
Aravindhavel, A., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2021a
Ananthavel, A., Mehta*, S. K., Reddy, T. R., Ali, S., & Rao, D. N. (2021). Vertical distributions and columnar properties of the aerosols during different seasons over Kattankulathur (12.82 oN, 80.04 oE): A semi-urban tropical coastal station. Atmospheric Environment, 118457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118457. IF: 4.798
Ali, S., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2020
Saleem Ali., S. K. Mehta*, Vanmathi A, Aravindhavel A, Ramesh Reddy (2020). Qualitative observations of the cirrus clouds effect on the thermal structure of the tropical tropopause, JASTP, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2020.105440 IF: 1.735
Mehta, S., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2020
Mehta, S., Mehta, S. K*, Singh, S., Mitra, A., Ghosh, S. K., and Raha, S. (2020), Characteristics of the Z –R relationships observed using micro rain radar (MRR-2): A complex terrain region in the Eastern Himalayas, Pure and Applied Geophysics, pp.1-14, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-020-02472-6, IF 2.335
Reddy, R., Mehta, S.K., et al., 2020
Reddy R., S. K. Mehta*, Ananthavel A, Ali S., Annamalai V., Rao D.N., Seasonal characteristics of sea breeze and thermal internal boundary layer over Indian east coast region, Meteorol Atmos Phys (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-020-00746-1. IF: 2.065
Mehta, S., Singh, S., et al., 2019
Mehta, S., Singh, S., Mitra, A., Ghosh, S. K., Raha, S., & Mehta, S. K. (2019). Modeling of Raindrop Size Distribution Observed Using Micro Rain Radar Over Darjeeling (27.05 o N, 88.26 o E): An Eastern Himalayan Region. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1-18., https://doi.org /10.1007/s00024-019-02370-6, IF 2.335.
Mehta, S.K., Ojha, D., et al., 2017
Mehta, S.K*, Ojha, D., Mehta, S., Anand D., Rao D.N., Annamalai V., Ananthavel A, Ali S., Thermodynamic structure of the convective boundary layer (CBL) over the Indian monsoon region during CAIPEEX campaigns (2017), Annales Geophysicae, 35(6), pp. 1361-1379. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-531-2017 IF: 1.888
Mehta, S.K., Ratnam, M.V., et al., 2017
Mehta, S. K*., Ratnam, M. V., Sunilkumar, S. V., Narayana Rao, D., and Krishna Murthy, B. V. (2017) Diurnal variability of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer height over a tropical station in the Indian Monsoon Region, Atmos. Chem. Phys, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-531-2017. IF 6.133
Mehta, S.K., Fujiwara, M., et al., 2015
Mehta, S. K*., M. Fujiwara, T. Tsuda, J-P. Vernier, (2015), Effect of recent minor volcanic Eruptions on Temperatures in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (2015), J. Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 129, 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2015.04.009 IF: 1.735.
Fujiwara, M., Hibino, T., et al., 2015
M. Fujiwara, T. Hibino, S. K. Mehta, L. Gray, D. Mitchell, J. Anstey (2015), Global temperature response to the major volcanic eruptions in multiple reanalysis datasets, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 13507-13518, doi 10.5194/acp-15-13507-2015. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-13507-2015 IF 5.114
Mehta, S.K., Venkat Ratnam, M., and Krishna Murthy, B.V., 2013
Mehta, S. K., M. Venkat Ratnam, and B. V. Krishna Murthy (2013) Characteristics of the Multiple Tropopauses in the Tropics, JASTP,Volumes 95-96, April 2013, Pages 78-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2013.01.009 IF: 1.506.
Mehta, S.K., Venkat Ratnam, M., and Krishna Murthy, B.V., 2011
Mehta, S. K., M. Venkat Ratnam, and B. V. Krishna Murthy (2011) Characteristics of the tropical tropopause over different longitudes, JASTP, Volume 73, Issues 17-18, November 2011, Pages 2462-2473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2011.09.006 IF: 1.506.
Ratnam, M.V., Basha, G., et al., 2011
Ratnam, M. V., G. Basha, M. R. Raman, S. K. Mehta, B. V. Krishna Murthy, and A. Jayaraman (2011), Unusual enhancement in temperature and ozone vertical distribution in the lower stratosphere observed over Gadanki, India, following the 15 January 2010 annular eclipse, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L02803, doi 10.1029/2010GL045903.
Ratnam, M.V., Basha, G., et al., 2011
Ratnam, M. V., G. Basha, M. R. Raman, S. K. Mehta, D. Nath, B. V. Krishna Murthy, M. Rajeevan, S.Vijaya Bhaskara Rao and D.NarayanaRao (2011), Sub-daily variations observed in Tropical Easterly Jet (TEJ) streams, JASTP, 73, 731-740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2011.02.005 IF: 1.506.
Mehta, S.K., Venkat Ratnam, M., and Krishna Murthy, B.V., 2013
Mehta, S. K., M. Venkat Ratnam, and B. V. Krishna Murthy (2013) Characteristics of the Multiple Tropopauses in the Tropics, JASTP,Volumes 95-96, April 2013, Pages 78-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2013.01.009 IF: 1.506.
Ramkumar, T.K., Niranjan kumar, K., and Mehta, S.K., 2010
Ramkumar, T. K, K. Niranjan kumar and S. K. Mehta (2010) MST radar observations of characteristics of lower atmospheric high frequency gravity waves passing through the tropical easterly jet, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D24109, doi 10.1029/2009JD013733.
Narayana Rao, D., Venkat Ratnam, M., et al., 2009
Narayana Rao, D, M. Venkat Ratnam, S. K. Mehta, Debashis Nath , Ghouse Basha, V. V. M. Jagannadha Rao, B. V. Krishna Murthy, T. Tsuda and Kenji Nakamura (2009) Validation of the COSMIC data over Gadanki (13.48N, 79.2E) A tropical region, Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 20, 1, 59-70. IF: 0.89.
Mehta, S.K., Krishna Murthy, B.V., et al., 2008
Mehta, S. K., B.V. Krishna Murthy, D.Narayana Rao, M.Venkat Ratnam, K. Parameswaran, K. Rajeev, C. Suresh Raju, and Kusuma G Rao(2008) Identification of tropical convective tropopause and its association with cold point tropopause, J. Geophys. Res.,113, D00B04. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD009625 IF: 5.22.
Rajeev, K., Parameswaran, S., et al., 2008
K. Rajeev, K.Parameswaran, S. Meenu, S.V. Sunilkumar, Bijoy V. Thampi, C. Suresh Raju, B. V. Krishna Murthy, K. S. Jagannath, S. K. Mehta, D. Narayana Rao, Kusuma G. Rao (2008), Observational assessment of the potential of satellite-based water vapour and thermal IR brightness temperatures in detecting semitransparent cirrus, Geophys. Res. Lett.,35, L08808, doi 10.1029/2008GL033393. IF 4.212.
Narayana Rao, D., Venkat Ratnam, M., et al., 2007
Narayana Rao. D., M. V .Ratnam, B. V. Krishna Murthy, V. V. M. Jagannadha Rao, S. K. Mehta, Debashis Nath and Ghouse Basha (2007) Identification of Tropopause using Bending Angle profile from GPS Radio Occultation (RO) A Radio Tropopause Geophys. Res. Lett.,34, L15809, doi 10.1029/2007GL029709. IF 4.212.