Dr. Harshvardhan Harshvardhan

Professor Emeritus Clouds & Aerosol

Education
Ph.D.- State University of NY, Stony Brook.

Research Interests
Radiative Transfer, Clouds and Aerosol, Remote Sensing, Climate

Teaching Interests

Atmospheric Physics, Atmospheric Radiation, Climate Forcing, Introduction to Atmospheric Science
EAS 22100 Survey of Atmospheric Science
EAS 42100 Atmospheric Thermodynamics
EAS 53300 Atmospheric Physics II
EAS 63000 Atmospheric Remote Sensing
EAS 63800 Atmospheric Radiation

Awards and Honors

1999 Fellow, American Meteorological Society.
1993 Henry G. Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society.
1977 National Research Council Resident Research Associate

Professional Experience

2009-2010 Associate Dean, College of Science, Purdue University
1996-2004 Head, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.
1994-Present Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.
1988-1994 Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University.
1978-1988 University Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.
1977-1978 Resident Research Associate, Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

Selected Publications

Das, S., Harshvardhan, H. , Bian, H., Chin, M., Curci, G., Protonotariou, A.P., Mielonen, T., Zhang, K., Wang., H., and Liu, X., 2017. Biomass burning aerosol transport and vertical distributrion over the South African-Atlantic region. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD026421.
Horton, D.E., Harshvardhan , and Diffenbaugh, N.S. (2012) Response of air stagnation frequency to anthropogenically enhanced radiative forcing. Environ. Res. Lett ., 7 , doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044034.
Petrenko, M., Kahn, R.A., Chin, M., Soja, A.J., Kucsera, T. and Harshvardhan (2012) The use of satellite-measured aerosol optical depth to constrain biomass burning emissions source strength in the global model GOCART. J. Geophys. Res ., 117, D18, doi:10.1029/2012JD017870.
Wilcox, E.M, Harshvardhan, and Platnick, S., 2009: An estimate of the impact of absorbing aerosol over cloud on the MODIS retrievals of cloud optical thickness and effective radius using two independent retrievals of liquid water path. J. Geophys. Res.,114, doi:10.1029/2008JD010589 (in press).
Harshvardhan, Zhao, G., Di Girolamo, L., and Green, R.N., 2009. Satellite-observed location of stratocumulus cloudtop heights in the presence of strong inversions. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 47, doi: 10.1109/ TGRS. 2008.2005406 (in press).