Rama Krishna Karumuri

Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

Research Interests

Lokas research interest are in the following area:

  • Air Quality and Dust Modeling over Arbaina Peninsula.
  • Effect of dust on the surface Radiation budget
  • Variability of greenhouse gases over the Middle East region.
  • WRF, WRF-Chem, WRF-GHG, WRF-Solar, CHIMERE

Selected Publications

1. Rama Krishna Karumuri, Hari Prasad Dasari, Harikishan G, Ravi Kumar Kunchala, Raju Attada, Ashok Karumuri, and Ibrahim Hoteit. Investigation of Dust-Induced Direct Radiative Forcing over the Arabian Peninsula based on High-Resolution WRF-Chem Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

2. Rama Krishna Karumuri, Ravi Kumar Kunchala, Raju Attada, Hari Prasad Dasari, and Ibrahim Hoteit. Seasonal Simulations of Summer Aerosol Optical Depth over the Arabian Peninsula using WRF-Chem: Validation, Climatology, and Variability. International
Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7396.

3. Venkat Ratnam Madineni, Hari Prasad Dasari, Rama Krishna Karumuri, Yesubabu
Viswanadhappli, Prasad Perumal, and Ibrahim Hoteit. Natural processes dominate anthropogenic activities in controlling pollution levels over India. Nature scientific reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94373-4.

4. Kulkarni Santosh, Ghude Sachin, Jena Chinmay, Rama Krishna Karumuri, Sinha Baerbel, Sinha V, Kumar Rajesh, Soni V K, Khare Manoj. How much large-scale crop residue burning affect the air quality in Delhi?. Environoment Science and Technology. https://doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00329.

5. Rama Krishna Karumuri, Ghude, S.D., Kumar, R., Beig, G., Kulkarni, R., Nivdange, S. and Chate, D., 2019. Surface PM2.5estimate using satellite-­‐derived aerosol optical depth over India. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 19(1), pp.25-­‐37.

6. Rama Krishna Karumuri, Panicker, A.S., Yusuf, A.M. and Ullah, B.G., 2019. On the Contribution of Particulate Matter (PM2.5) to Direct Radiative Forcing over Two Urban Environments in India. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 19(2), pp.399-­‐410.

7. Beig, G., Sahu, S.K., Singh, V., Tikle, S., Sobhana, S.B., Gargeva, P., Rama krishna, K., Rathod, A. and Murthy, B.S., 2020. Objective evaluation of stubble emission of North India and quantifying its impact on air quality of Delhi. Science of The Total Environment, 709, p.136126.

Education

  • 2019-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
  • 2016-2019 : Ph.D. (Atmospheric Science), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, PUNE India.
  • 2009-2011 : M.Sc (Meteorology), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
  • 2006-2009 : B.Sc (Maths, Physics, Computer Science), Aditya Degree College, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Professional Profile

  • 2018 - 2019: Project Scientist at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
  • 2014 - 2018: Senior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
  • 2012 - 2014: Junior Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India.
  • 2012 - 2012: Junior Research Fellow at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR), Sriharikota, India.

Research Interests Keywords

Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling Aerosols