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Prof. J. Srinivasan


Emeritus Professor,  Divecha Centre for Climate Change,

Indian Institute of Science


Email: jayes@iisc.ac.in


Tel:  +91-80-2293-3068    

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Prof. J. Srinivasan


Distinguished Scientist,  

Divecha Centre for Climate Change,


Honorary Professor,  Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,

Indian Institute of Science


Email: jayes@iisc.ac.in


Tel:     +91-80-2293-3068    

+91-80-2360-3331    

+91-80-2293-2505

Fax:     +91-80-2293-3425


Research Interests Publications Education Honors

Journals:



  • R D Cess and J Srinivasan, “ A Note on Radiative Transfer in Lunar and Mercurian Surfaces”, ICARUS, 15,100-102 (1971)


  • J. Srinivasan and R D Cess, “The Effect of Scattering and Conduction upon Radiative Transfer in Lunar and Mercurian Surfaces”, ICARUS, 19,542-546 (1973)


  • 11. J. Srinivasan and W G Vincenti, “Criteria for Acoustic Instability in a Gas with Ambient Vibrational and Radiative Nonequilibrium, Physics of Fluids, 18, 1670-77 (1976)


  • J. Srinivasan, “Prediction of Downward Flux of Atmospheric Radiation from Clear Skies”, Boundary Layer Meteorology, 21,173-181 (1981)


  • J. Srinivasan and N S Rao, “Numerical Study of Heat Transfer in Laminar Film Boiling by Finite Difference Method”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 27, 77-84(1984)


  • P C Kapur, R Singh, J Srinivasan, “Tube-in-basket Burner for Rice Husk I.  Properties of Rice Husk as Fuel and Basic Design Consideration”, SADHANA, 7, 291-300 (1985)


  • J Srinivasan and Biswajit Basu, “Numerical Study of Thermocapillary Flow in a Rectangular Cavity”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 29, 79-84(1986)


  • .J Srinivasan and A Guha, “Concentration Profile in the Gradient Zone of Small Solar Ponds”, Solar Energy, 38, 135-136 (1987)


  • J Srinivasan, R Kumar and K S Gandhi, “A Theory for Enhancement of Photoacoustic Signal by Voltaile Liquids”, Journal of Applied Physics, 43, 35-41(1987)


  • J Srinivasan and A Guha, “The Effect of Bottom Reflectivity on the Performance of a Solar Pond”, Solar Energy, 39, 361-368 (1987)


  • R Singh and J Srinivasan, “Modified Refrigerant Compressor as Reciprocating Engine for Solar-Thermal Power Generation”, International Journal of Energy Research, 12, 69-74(1988)


  • B Basu and J Srinivasan, “Numerical Study of Steady State Laser Melting Problem” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 31, 2331-2338(1988)  


  • J Srinivasan and D Angirasa, “Numerical Study of Double-Diffusive Free Convection from a vertical Surface”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 31, 2033-2038 (1988)


  • D Angirasa and J Srinivasan, “Natural Convection Flows due to the Combined Buoyancy of Heat and Mass Diffusion in a Thermally Stratified Medium”, Journal of Heat Transfer, 111, 657-663 (1989)


  • S Gadgil and J Srinivasan, “Low Frequency Variation of Tropical Convergence Zones”, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 44, 119-132 (1990)


  • J Srinivasan, “Performance of a small solar pond in the tropics”, Solar Energy, 45, 221-230 (1990)


  • K Ramananda Rao, U Shrinivasa and J Srinivasan, “Design Options Reduced Exchanger Cost”, Hydrocarbon processing, 69, 81-83 (1990)


  • J Srinivasan and D Angirasa, “Laminar Axisymmetric Multicomponent Buoyant Plume in a Thermally Stratified Medium”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 33, 1751-1757 (1990)


  • K Ramananda Rao, U Shrinivasa and J Srinivasan, “Synthesis of Cost-optimal Shell-and-tube Heat Exchangers”, Heat Transfer Engineering, 12, 47-55 (1991)


  • S Ray and J Srinivasan, “Analysis of Conjugate Laminar Mixed Convection Cooling in a Shrouded Array of Electronic Components”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 35, 815-822 (1992)


  • D Angirasa and J Srinivasan, “Natural Convection Heat Transfer from an isothermal Vertical Surface to a Stable thermally stratified fluid”, Journal of Heat Transfer, 114, 917-923 (1992)


  • J Srinivasan, “Convection suppression in horizontal Solar collectors using density stratification”, Solar Energy, 48, 287-289(1992)


  • K Ramananda Rao, U Shrinivasa and J Srinivasan, “On the Weak Coupling between Geometry and Heat Transfer in Heat Exchanger Optimization”, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 70, 565-571(1992)


  • S Gadgil, A Guruprasad, and J Srinivasan, “Systematic Bias in the NOAA Outgoing Longwave Radiation Data Set ?”, Journal of Climate, 5, 867-875(1992)


  • R S Nanjundiah, J Srinivasan and S Gadgil, “Intraseasonal Variation of the Indian Summer    Monsoon II: Theoretical Aspects”, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 70, 529-550(1992)


  • A Dewan, J H Arakeri and J Srinivasan, “A Note on High Schmidt Number Laminar Jet Discharged Horizontally”, International Communication in Heat and Mass Transfer, 19, 721-731(1992)


  • J Srinivasan, S Gadgil and P J Webster, “Meridional Migration of Large Scale Monsoon Convergence Zones”, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 52, 15-35(1993)


  • A S Vasudevamurthy, J Srinivasan and R Narasimha, “A Theory of the Lifted Temperature Minimum on Calm Clear Nights”, Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London A, 344, 183-206(1993)


  • S Kohli, J Srinivasan and H S Mukunda, “Heat Transfer to a Horizontal Disc Using Buoyancy Induced Jet”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 36, 4049-4066(1993)


  • J Srinivasan, “Solar Pond Technology”, SADHANA, 18, 39-55(1993)


  • A R Roychowdhury and J Srinivasan, “Boundary Conditions for Heat Transfer Analysis in Forehearts”, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 15, 261-269(1993)


  • A R Roychowdhury and J Srinivasan, “The Modelling of Radiation Heat Transfer in Forehearth Units in Glass melting”, Warme-und Stoffubertargung, 30, 71-75(1994)


  • K Ravindran, J Srinivasan and A G Marathe, “Finite Element Study on the Role of convection in Laser Surface Melting, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A Applications, 26, 601-618(1994)


  • A R Roychowdhury and J Srinivasan, “Effect of Wall Emissivity on Radiation Heat Transfer in Glass Tank Forehearths”, Heat and Mass Transfer, 31, 11-15(1995)


  • K Ravindran, J Srinivasan and A G Marathe, “Finite Element Solution of Surface Tension Driven Flows in Laser Surface Melting”, Mechanics Research Communications, 22, 297-304(1995)


  • K Ravindran, J Srinivasan and A G Marathe, “Role of Surface Tension Driven Convection in Pulsed Laser Melting and Solidification”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 209, 75-82(1995)


  • K Ravindran, J Srinivasan and A G Marathe, “Finite Element Analysis of Heat Flux and Thermocapillary Convection in Laser Surface Melting”, Computational Fluid Mechanics Journal, 3, 453-462(1995)


  • K R Sreenivas, J H Arakeri and J Srinivasan, “Modelling the Dynamics of the Mixed Layer in Solar Ponds”, Solar Energy, 54, 193-202(1995)


  • J Srinivasan and G L Smith, “Comments on Modification of n=0 Equatorial Waves due to Interaction Between Convection and Dynamics”, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 53, 917-918, (1996)


  •  J Srinivasan and G L Smith, “Meridional Migration of Tropical Convergence Zones”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 35, 1189-1202(1996)


  • J Srinivasan and G L Smith, “The Role of Heat Fluxes and Moist Static Energy in Tropical Convergence zones”, Monthly Weather Review, 124, 2089-2099(1996)


  • G S Bhat, J Srinivasan and S Gadgil, “Tropical Deep Convection, Convective Available Potential Energy, and Sea Surface Temperature”, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 74, 155-166(1996)


  • K Ravindran, J Srinivasan and A G Marathe, “Numerical Modelling of Convective Heat Transfer in Pulsed Lasers”, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 18, 97-104(1996)


  • J Srinivasan, “Human Influence on Global Climate”, Current Science, 71, 667-670(1996)


  • K Ramanada Rao, U. Shrinivasa and J. Srinivasan, “Constrained Optimization of Heat Exchangers”, Chemical Engineering, 103, 112-118(1996)


  • J Srinivasan, “Deep Cloud Clusters in the Tropics”, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, special issue, 77, 237-256(1997)


  • S. Kohli, J Srinivasan, and H S Mukunda, “Modelling of Buoyancy-Induced flow and Heat Transfer in a Biomass Stove”, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 19, 167-178(1997)


  • A Dewan, J H Arakeri, and J Srinivasan, “A new turbulence model for the axisymmetric plume”, Applied Mathematical Modelling, 21, 709-719(1997)


  • P.V.Joseph and J.Srinivasan, "Rossby  waves in May and the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall ", Tellus, 51A, 854-864(1999)


  • R.S.Nanjundiah and J.Srinivasan ,"Anomalies of precipitable water vapour and vertical stability during El Nino", Geophysical Research Letters,26,95-98,1999


  • M.Rajeevan and J.Srinivasan ,"Net Cloud Forcing at the Top of the Atmosphere in the Asian Monsoon region", Journal of Climate,13, 650-657,2000


  •  J.H.Arakeri , D.Das and J.Srinivasan ,"Bifurcation of Laminar Buoyant Jet Discharged Horizontally" ,Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 412,61-73,2000


  • J.Srinivasan ,”A simple Thermodynamic model for seasonal variation of monsoon rainfall, Current Science, 80,73-77,2001


  • K. Rajendran, Ravi S. Nanjundiah, J. Srinivasan ” Comparison of seasonal and intraseasonal variation of tropical climate in NCARCCM2 GCM with  two  different cumulus schemes”  Meteorol Atmos Phys 79 , 57-86,2002


  • J.Srinivasan and S.Gadgil, “Asian Brown Cloud-fact and fantasy”, Current Science, 83, 586-592,2002


  • J. Srinivasan and R.S. Nanjundiah, “The evolution of Indian summer monsoon in 1997 and 1983” , Meteorol Atmos Phys 79 ,243-258,2002


  •  S.Gadgil, J.Srinivasan, R.S.Nanjundiah, K.Krishna Kumar, A.A.Munot and K.Rupa Kumar “On forecasting the Indian summer monsoon:the intriguing season of  2002” , Current Science,83, 394-404,2002


  • S.K.Satheesh, J.Srinivasan, “Enhanced aerosol loading over Arabian Sea during the pre-monsoon season: Natural or anthropogenic?” Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 1029-1033,2002


  • G.S.Bhat, A.Chakraborty, R.S.Nanjudiah, and J.Srinivasan,”Vertical Thermal  structure of atmosphere during active and weak phases of convection over  the north Bay of Bengal: Observations and model results”, Current  Science,83, 296-302,2002


  •  K. Rajendran, Ravi S. Nanjundiah, J. Srinivasan: The impact of surface hydrology on the simulation of tropical intraseasonal oscillation in  NCARCCM2 atmospheric GCM, Journal of the Meteorological Society of  Japan, 80,1357-1381,2002

  

  •  J.Srinivasan and S.Gadgil: On the Asian Brown Cloud controversy, Current     Science,83,1307-1309, 2002


  •  A.Chakraborty, R.S.Nanjundiah, and J.Srinivasan, Role of Asian and  AfricanOrogography in Indian Summer Monsoon,Geophysical Research     Letters,29,10.1029/2002GL015522(2002)   


  • A.Chakraborty and J.Srinivasan,Comparison of radiative Fluxes at the top of  the atmosphere from INSAT and ERBE, MAUSAM, 54, 299-314, 2003


  • J.Srinivasan, Diagnostic study of errors in the simulation of tropical continental precipitation in general circulation models, Annales Geophysicae,21, 1197-1207, 2003.


  •   A. Chakraborty, S. K. Satheesh, R. S. Nanjundiah, and  J. Srinivasan,  act of absorbing aerosols on the simulation of climate over the Indian region in an atmospheric general circulation model, Annales Geophysicae  22, 1421-1434, 2004


  • C.Shekhar;, S. K. Satheesh, J Srinivasan, Can the state of mixing of black  carbon aerosols explain the mystery of 'excess' atmospheric absorption? Geophysical  Research Letters ,31,10.1029/2004GL020662,2004.


  •   Hiren Jethva and J.Srinivasan , Role of Variation in Vertical Profiles of  Relative  Humidity on Retrieval of Humidity from AMSU-B Data,  Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L23109, doi:10.1029/2004GL021098,   2004


  • P.K.Thapliyal, P.K.Pal, M.S.Narayanan and J.Srinivasan, Development of a Time Series–Based Methodology for Estimation of Large-Area Soil  Wetness over India Using IRS-P4 Microwave Radiometer Data, Journal of  Applied Meteorology, 44, 127-143, 2005


  •  S. Deepshikha, S.K.Satheesh, and J.Srinivasan, Regional distribution of  absorbing efficiency of dust aerosols over India and adjacent continents inferred using satellite remote sensing, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L03811, doi: 10.1029/2004GL022091,2005


  • S.K.Satheesh and J.Srinivasan, A method to infer shortwave absorption due  to aerosols using satellite remote sensing, Geophysical Research Letters, 32,L13814, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023064,2005.


  • Hiren Jethva, S.K.Satheesh and J.Srinivasan, Seasonal variation of  aerosols in the Indo-Gangetic basin, Journal of Geophysical Research ,  110,D21204,doi:10.1029/2005JF005938,2005


  • R.S.Nanjundiah, V.Vidyunmala, and J.Srinivasan, On the difference in the     seasonal cycle of rainfall over India in the Community Climate System Model  (CCSM2) and Community Atmospheric Model (CAM2, Geophysical Research  Letters,32,L20720,doi:10.1029/2005GL024278,2005


  • R.S.Nanjundiah,V.Vidyunmala, and J.Srinivasan,The impact of increase in   CO2 on the simulation of tropical biennial oscillation(TBO) in 12 coupled General Circulation Models,  Atmospheric Science Letters 6, 183-    191,2005


  • S.K. Satheesh, S. Deepshikha, J. Srinivasan and Y.J. Kaufman, Large Dust Absorption of Infrared Radiation  over Afro-Asian Regions: Evidence for  Anthropogenic Impact, IEEE Geoscience and  Remote Sensing Letters

 3, 307–3112006


  • S. K. Satheesh, S. Deepshikha and J. Srinivasan, Dust aerosols over India and adjacent continents retrieved using Meteosat Infrared radiance: Part IAnnales Geophysicae, 24, 37-61, 2006


  • S. K. Satheesh, S. Deepshikha and J. Srinivasan, Dust aerosols over India and adjacent continents retrieved using Meteosat Infrared radiance: Part II Annales Geophysicae, 24, 63-79, 2006


  • S.K.Satheesh, S.Deepshikha and J.Srinivasan, Impact of dust aerosols on Earth-atmosphere clear-sky albedo and its short wave radiative forcing over African and Arabian regions, International Journal of Remote  Sensing,   27, 1691-1706,2006
  • G. Bellon and J. Srinivasan, Comment on '’Structures and mechanisms of  the northward propagating boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation”, Journal of Climate , 19, 4738-4743,2006


  • S.K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan and K. Krishna Moorthy, Spatial and temporal Heterogeneity in aerosol properties and radiative forcing over Bay of  Bengal: Sources, role of transport and implications for regional climate, Journal of  Geophysical Research , 111, ( 2006)


  • S.K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan and K. Krishna Moorthy, Contribution of Sea-Salt  to Aerosol Optical Depth over the Arabian Sea derived from MODIS Observations, Geophysical Research Letters , 33 ,doi:10.1029/2005GL024856,2006.


  • S.K. Satheesh and J. Srinivasan, A Method to Estimate Aerosol Radiative Forcing from Spectral Optical Depths, J. Atmos. Sci.,63,1082-1092, 2006


  • A. Chakraborty, R. S. Nanjundiah, J. Srinivasan , Theoretical aspects of the onset of Indian summer monsoon from perturbed orography simulations in a GCM, Annales Geophysicae.24, 2075 – 2089,2006.
  • S.K.Satheesh, J. Srinivasan, V. Vinoj, V and S.Chandra , New Directions: How representative are aerosol radiative impact assessments ? Atmospheric Environment, 40, 3008-3010, 2006.
  • K.Krishna Moorthy, S.Suresh Babu, S.K.Satheesh, J.Srinivasan, and C.B.S.Dutt, Dust Absorption over the Indian Desert inferred using ground-based and satellite remote sensing: Seasonal Distinctiveness, Journal of Geophysical Research,  112, D09206, doi:10.1029/2006JD007690, 2007


  • S.K.Satheesh, CBS Dutt, J. Srinivasan, and U.R. Rao,  Atmospheric    Warming  due to Dust Absorption over Afro-Asian Region, Geophysical Research   Letters, 34, L04805  2007
  • Hiren Jethva, S.K.Satheesh, and J.Srinivasan, Assessment of New MODIS Aerosol Retrieval (Collection 005) at Kanpur, India, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L19802, doi:10.1029 /2007GL029647,2007
  • J.Srinivasan and P.C.Joshi, What have we learned about the Indian monsoon from satellite data, Current Science, 93, 165-172,2007.
  • Vinoj, V., A. Anjan, M. Sudhakar, S. K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan, and K. K. Moorthy, Latitudinal variation of aerosol optical  depths from northern Arabian Sea to Antarctica, Geophysical Research  Letters., 34, L10807, doi:10.1029/2007GL029419,2007
  • V.Vidyunmala, R.S. Nanjundiah, and J.Srinivasan,  The effect of variation in sea-surface temperature and its meridional gradient on the equatorial and off-equatorial ITCZ in an Aquaplanet General Circulation model. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 95,239-253. 2007.


  • Hiren Jethva, S.K.Satheesh, and J.Srinivasan, Evaluation of Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) collection 004 (C004) aerosol retrievals at Kanpur, Indo-Gangetic basin ,Journal of Geophysical Research(Atmospheres) ,112 , D14216 ,2007

  • A. Chakraborty, R. S. Nanjundiah and J. Srinivasan, Impact of African Orography and Indian Summer Monsoon on the Low-Level Somali Jet, International Journal of Climatology, 29, 983-992,2008


  • Saroj K Mishra, J Srinivasan and Ravi S Nanjundiah, The impact of time step on the intensity of ITCZ in an Aqua-planet GCM, Monthly Weather Review, 136,  4077-4091,2008.


  • Satheesh, S.K. and J.Srinivasan, Comments on "A method to estimate aerosol radiative forcing from spectral optical depths" – Reply, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 65,1103-1104,2008


  • Sreenivas, K. R., O.P.Singh , and  J.Srinivasan, On the relationship between finger width, velocity, and fluxes in thermohaline convection, Physics of Fluids, 21, 026601, doi:10.1063/1.3070527, 2009


  • Hiren Jethva, S.K.Satheesh, J.Srinivasan and K. Krishna Murthy, How Good is the Assumption About Visible Surface Reflectance in MODIS Aerosol Retrieval Over Land?, IEEE Transaction in Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 47, 1990-1997,2009


  • Ahuja, D. and J.Srinivasan, Why controlling climate change is more difficult than stopping stratospheric ozone depletion, Current Science,97,1531-1533, 2009


  • Jethva, H., S. K. Satheesh, J. Srinivasan, and R. C. Levy, Improved retrieval of aerosol size-resolved properties from moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer over India: Role of aerosol model and surface reflectance, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D18213, doi:10.1029/2009JD013218,2010


  • Deepshika, S., and J.Srinivasan, Discriminating between natural and anthropogenic aerosol contributions to optical depth over Afro-Asian region, Atmospheric Science Letters,11, DOI: 10.1002/asl.299, 2010.


  • Mishra, S.K., and J.Srinivasan, Sensitivity of the simulated precipitation to convective relaxation time scale, Annales Geophysicae , 28, 1827-1846, 2010

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  •  Dixit,Vishal and J.Srinivasan, The role of vertical shear of the meridional winds in the northward propagation of ITCZ, Geophysical Research Letters,38, L08812, doi:10.1029/2010GL046601, 2011


  • Gadgil,Sulochana and J.Srinivasan, Seasonal prediction of the Indian monsoon, Current Science, 100,343-353,2011


  • D. R. Gurung, A. V. Kulkarni, A. Giriraj, K. S. Aung, B. Shrestha, and J. Srinivasan, Changes in seasonal snow cover in Hindu Kush-Himalayan region, The Cryosphere Discussions, 5, 755–777.,2011.


  • .Singh,O.P., D Ranjan, J. Srinivasan, and  K. R. Sreenivas,A Study of Basalt Fingers Using Experiments and Numerical Simulations in Double-diffusive Systems, Journal of Geography and Geology, 3, 42-50,2011.


  •  Venkatesh, . T. N , A. V. Kulkarni, and J. Srinivasan, Relative effect of slope and equilibrium line altitude on the retreat of Himalayan glaciers, The Cryosphere, 6, 301-311, 2012


  •  Rajendran,K., A. Kitoh ,J. Srinivasan, R. Mizuta and R. Krishnan, Monsoon circulation interaction with Western Ghats orography under changing climate,  Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2012(online)


  • Rajeevan,M.,P. Rohini, K. Niranjan Kumar,J. Srinivasan ,C. K. Unnikrishnan, A study of vertical cloud structure of the Indian summer monsoon using CloudSat data, Climate Dynamics,2012(online)


  • Rajendran,K., Ravi S Nanjundiah Sulochana Gadgil and J Srinivasan, How good are the simulations of tropical SST–rainfall relationship by IPCC AR4 atmospheric and coupled models?, Journal of Earth System Science,121,595-610,2012.


  • Mitavachan, H, A.Gokhale,,B.R.Nagaraju, , A.V.V.Reddy, D.C.Krishnamurthy,  and J. Srinivasan,  Performance of a megawatt-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plant in Kolar District in Karnataka., Current Science , 102, 842-844.2012.


  • H. Mitavachan and J. Srinivasan,Is land really a constraint for the utilization of solar energy in India?,Current Science,103,163-168,2012.

  • S.Gadgil and J.Srinivasan, Monsoon prediction: are dynamical models getting better than statistical models?, Current Science,103,257-259,2012