P R Sinha

@iist.ac.in

Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

EDUCATION

PhD Physics (Atmospheric Science)

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Atmospheric Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Health Policy
2011

Scholar Citations

26

Scholar h-index

39

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • An analytical formulation of the optical inversion of aerosol mixing state and characterization of solution space
    SP Raj, PR Sinha
    EGU26 , 2026
    2026
  • Derivation of the correction factors needed for COSMOS observations at high mass concentrations of black carbon
    T Mori, S Ohata, Y Kondo, N Oshima, N Moteki, Y Hayakawa, Y Tobo, ...
    Aerosol Science and Technology 59 (9), 1082-1094 , 2025
    2025
  • Unveiling the drivers of cloud condensation nuclei activity: chemical transformations and biomass burning over rural India
    T Jayasri, VR Kiran, MV Ratnam, CD Jain, BL Madhavan, PR Sinha
    Aerosol Science and Engineering, 1-24 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • On the biases of MERRA-2 reanalysis and ground-based measurements of black carbon aerosols over India
    A Malik, SG Aggarwal, PR Sinha, Y Kondo, S Ohata
    Atmospheric Pollution Research 16 (1), 102325 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 14
  • Winter haze amplification by aerosol hygroscopic growth over eastern Indo-Gangetic Plain
    T Kallihosur, VS Nair, PR Sinha
    Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1), 656 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Long-term observations of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) characteristics of atmospheric aerosols: results from a rural location in India
    T Jayasri, VR Kiran, MV Ratnam, PR Sinha
    Atmospheric Environment 333, 120630 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • AeroMix v1. 0.1: a Python package for modeling aerosol optical properties and mixing states
    SP Raj, PR Sinha, R Srivastava, S Bikkina, DB Subrahamanyam
    Geoscientific Model Development 17 (16), 6379-6399 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Source contribution of black carbon aerosol during 2020–2022 at an urban site in Indo-Gangetic Plain
    A Malik, SG Aggarwal, Y Kondo, B Kumar, P Patel, PR Sinha, N Oshima, ...
    Science of the Total Environment 934, 173039 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Mass absorption cross section of black carbon for Aethalometer in the Arctic
    M Singh, Y Kondo, S Ohata, T Mori, N Oshima, A Hyvärinen, J Backman, ...
    Aerosol Science and Technology 58 (5), 536-553 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Spatiotemporal atmospheric in-situ carbon dioxide data over the Indian sites-data perspective
    M Pathakoti, M DV, S G, AS Suryavanshi, A Taori, Y Kant, R P, RV Bothale, ...
    Scientific Data 11 (1), 385 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • Seasonal estimates of ozone and secondary organic aerosol formation from volatile organic compounds in a rural atmosphere of India
    S Sindhu, CD Jain, MV Ratnam, PR Sinha
    Atmospheric Environment: X 22, 100256 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Signature of sudden stratospheric warming in the pole and its antipode
    R Dutta, S Sridharan, PR Sinha
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 129 (3), e2023JA032285 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • Measurements of Volatile Organic Compounds at a rural site in India: Variability and sources during the seasonal transition
    S Sindhu, CD Jain, MV Ratnam, PR Sinha
    Science of The Total Environment 897, 165493 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Physical and chemical properties of PM1 in Delhi: A comparison between clean and polluted days
    A Malik, SG Aggarwal, B Kunwar, DK Deshmukh, K Shukla, R Agarwal, ...
    Science of the Total Environment 892, 164266 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 13
  • Impact of annular solar eclipse on the trace gases and dynamics of the lower and middle atmosphere: Results inferred from an integrated campaign “Suryagrahan‐2019”
    SS Das, K Kishore Kumar, KV Subrahmanyam, M Venkat Ratnam, ...
    Earth and Space Science 10 (9), e2023EA003044 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 9
  • Multi‐year CALIPSO observations of ubiquitous elevated aerosol layer in the free troposphere over South Asia: Sources and formation mechanism
    G Kumar, BL Madhavan, LK Sahu, YB Kumar, JP Vernier, H Liu, B Zhang, ...
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 128 (2), e2021JD036277 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 18
  • CCN characteristics over a tropical semi-rural location gadanki: Influence of primary sources and meteorology
    T Jayasri, RK Varaha, VR Madineni, PR Sinha
    XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics … , 2023
    2023
  • Measurement of black carbon in Delhi: evidences of regional transport, meteorology and local sources for pollution episodes
    A Malik, SG Aggarwal, S Ohata, T Mori, Y Kondo, PR Sinha, P Patel, ...
    Aerosol and Air Quality Research 22 (8), 220128 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 26
  • Vertical profiles of trace gases in the troposphere over South Asia
    LK Sahu, PR Sinha
    Asian atmospheric pollution, 303-322 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • Seasonal variation of wet deposition of black carbon at Ny‐Ålesund, Svalbard
    T Mori, Y Kondo, S Ohata, K Goto‐Azuma, K Fukuda, ...
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 126 (12), e2020JD034110 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 19

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Free tropospheric black carbon aerosol measurements using high altitude balloon: Do BC layers build “their own homes” up in the atmosphere?
    SS Babu, KK Moorthy, RK Manchanda, PR Sinha, SK Satheesh, DP Vajja, ...
    Geophysical research letters 38 (8) , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 147
  • Aerosol properties and radiative forcing over Kanpur during severe aerosol loading conditions
    DG Kaskaoutis, PR Sinha, V Vinoj, PG Kosmopoulos, SN Tripathi, A Misra, ...
    Atmospheric Environment 79, 7-19 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 133
  • Contrasting aerosol trends over South Asia during the last decade based on MODIS observations
    DG Kaskaoutis, SK Kharol, PR Sinha, RP Singh, KVS Badarinath, ...
    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions 4 (4), 5275-5323 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 121
  • Extremely large anthropogenic-aerosol contribution to total aerosol load over the Bay of Bengal during winter season
    DG Kaskaoutis, S Kumar Kharol, PR Sinha, RP Singh, HD Kambezidis, ...
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11 (14), 7097-7117 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 107
  • BATAL: The balloon measurement campaigns of the Asian tropopause aerosol layer
    JP Vernier, TD Fairlie, T Deshler, M Venkat Ratnam, H Gadhavi, ...
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 99 (5), 955-973 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 106
  • The impact assessment of Diwali fireworks emissions on the air quality of a tropical urban site, Hyderabad, India, during three consecutive years
    VS Yerramsetti, AR Sharma, N Gauravarapu Navlur, V Rapolu, ...
    Environmental monitoring and assessment 185 (9), 7309-7325 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 91
  • Temporal variability and radiative impact of black carbon aerosol over tropical urban station Hyderabad
    UC Dumka, RK Manchanda, PR Sinha, S Sreenivasan, KK Moorthy, ...
    Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 105, 81-90 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 90
  • Seasonal progression of atmospheric particulate matter over an urban coastal region in peninsular India: role of local meteorology and long-range transport
    PS Mahapatra, PR Sinha, R Boopathy, T Das, S Mohanty, SC Sahu, ...
    Atmospheric Research 199, 145-158 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 77
  • Evaluation of ground‐based black carbon measurements by filter‐based photometers at two Arctic sites
    PR Sinha, Y Kondo, M Koike, JA Ogren, A Jefferson, TE Barrett, ...
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122 (6), 3544-3572 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 73
  • Impact of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and black carbon on atmospheric ozone levels at a semi arid urban site in Hyderabad
    YV Swamy, R Venkanna, GN Nikhil, D Chitanya, PR Sinha, ...
    Aerosol and Air Quality Research 12 (4), 662-671 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 70
  • Seasonal variation of surface and vertical profile of aerosol properties over a tropical urban station Hyderabad, India
    PR Sinha, RK Manchanda, DG Kaskaoutis, YB Kumar, S Sreenivasan
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118 (2), 749-768 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 69
  • Synoptic weather conditions and aerosol episodes over Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
    DG Kaskaoutis, EE Houssos, D Goto, A Bartzokas, PT Nastos, PR Sinha, ...
    Climate dynamics 43 (9), 2313-2331 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 61
  • Contrasting aerosol characteristics and radiative forcing over Hyderabad, India due to seasonal mesoscale and synoptic‐scale processes
    PR Sinha, UC Dumka, RK Manchanda, DG Kaskaoutis, S Sreenivasan, ...
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 139 (671), 434-450 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 56
  • Black carbon and inorganic aerosols in Arctic snowpack
    T Mori, K Goto‐Azuma, Y Kondo, Y Ogawa‐Tsukagawa, K Miura, ...
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124 (23), 13325-13356 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 53
  • Characteristics of aerosols over Hyderabad in southern Peninsular India: synergy in the classification techniques
    PR Sinha, DG Kaskaoutis, RK Manchanda, S Sreenivasan
    Annales geophysicae 30 (9), 1393-1410 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 52
  • The importance of the representation of air pollution emissions for the modeled distribution and radiative effects of black carbon in the Arctic
    J Schacht, B Heinold, J Quaas, J Backman, R Cherian, A Ehrlich, ...
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 19 (17), 11159-11183 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 48
  • Synergistic use of remote sensing and modeling for tracing dust storms in the Mediterranean
    DG Kaskaoutis, AK Prasad, PG Kosmopoulos, PR Sinha, SK Kharol, ...
    Advances in Meteorology 2012 (1), 861026 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 46
  • Environmental monitoring of surface ozone and other trace gases over different time scales: chemistry, transport and modeling
    R Venkanna, GN Nikhil, T Siva Rao, PR Sinha, YV Swamy
    International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 12 (5), 1749-1758 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 43
  • Accuracy of black carbon measurements by a filter-based absorption photometer with a heated inlet
    S Ohata, Y Kondo, N Moteki, T Mori, A Yoshida, PR Sinha, M Koike
    Aerosol Science and Technology 53 (9), 1079-1091 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 39
  • Seasonal and interannual variability of tropospheric ozone over an urban site in India: A study based on MOZAIC and CCM vertical profiles over Hyderabad
    LK Sahu, V Sheel, M Kajino, M Deushi, SS Gunthe, PR Sinha, B Sauvage, ...
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 119 (6), 3615-3641 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 38