NCAOR Staff - Dr. Rohit Srivastava

Dr. Rohit Srivastava Scientist E Department Name : Arctic Exp. Logistics Desk No : +91-832-2525590 rohits@ncpor.res.in rohitphy@gmail.com Field Of Specilization : Atmospheric aerosols and climate modeling Current Research Activities : Polar aerosol observations and modeling

Academic Record

 

Awards

 

Research Area

 

·Physical, Optical properties of atmospheric aerosols. 

·Aerosol radiative forcing and heating rate. 

·Satellite Remote sensing of aerosols

·Mixing states of aerosols

·Regional and Global climate modeling of aerosols and their properties.

·Atmospheric dynamics and teleconnections.

·Decadal Climate Variability.

 

Selected Publications

·  Investigation of Black Carbon characteristics over the Arctic: Contribution of fossil fuel and biomass burning, Ritesh Kumar and Rohit Srivastava, Atmospheric Environment, 382 (122188), DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2026.122188, 2026 (Impact Factor: 3.8)

·  Role of atmospheric transport in alteration of wintertime airborne pathogenic microbial communities over arctic: A case study over Ny-Ålesund, Md Abu Mushtaque, Damodararao Karri, Shuvashree Maity, Naveen Gandhi, Rohit Srivastava, Christoph Ritter, Marion Maturilli, Uma Das, Sanat Kumar Das, Total Environment Microbiology, 2 (1), DOI: 10.1016/j.temicr.2026.100070, 2026.

·  AeroMix v1.0.1: A Python Package for Modeling Aerosol Optical Properties and Mixing States, Sam P. Raj, P. R. Sinha, Rohit Srivastava, Srinivas B., and D. B. Subrahamanyam, Geoscientific Model Development (GMD), 17, 6379–6399,  DOI:10.5194/gmd-17-6379-2024, 2024 (Impact Factor: 4.9)

·  Contrasting response of regional spring Arctic Sea ice variations on Indian summer monsoon rainfall, Juhi Yadav, Avinash Kumar, Seong-Joong Kim, Rohit Srivastava, Rahul Mohan and M. Ravichandran, Remote Sensing of Environment, 311,   114247, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114247, 2024 (Impact Factor: 12.3).

·  Spatio-temporal variations of aerosols over the Polar regions based on satellite remote sensing, Rohit Srivastava, Book titled "The Three Poles", Wiley book Ch. (29), ISBN: 9781119787723, 2022.

·  Spatial variability and post-depositional diffusion of stable isotopes in high accumulation regions of East Antarctica, K. Mahalinganathan, M. Thamban, T. Ejaz, Rohit Srivastava, B. L. Redkar and C. M. Laluraj, Frontiers in Earth Science, 10:925447. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.925447 published in August 2022 (Impact Factor: 2.3).

 ·  Spatial and seasonal variations of black carbon over the Arctic in a regional climate model, Rohit Srivastava,  and, M. Ravichandran, Polar Science,  DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2021.100670, 2021 (Impact Factor : 1.93).

·  Investigation of Black Carbon characteristics over southern ocean: Contribution of fossil fuel and biomass burning, Rohit Srivastava,  A. Asutosh, P. Sabu, N. Anilkumar, Environmental Pollution,  276, 116645, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116645, 2021 (Impact Factor : 8.07).

·  Enhanced dust influx to South Atlantic sector of Antarctica during the late-20th century: Causes and contribution to radiative forcing, C. M. Laluraj, W. Rahaman, M. Thamban, and Rohit Srivastava Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere, 125, e2019JD030675, DOI: 10.1029/2019JD030675, 2020 (Impact Factor : 3.63).

 · Impact of dynamical and microphysical schemes on black carbon prediction in a regional climate model over India, Rohit Srivastava and S. H. Bran, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25, 15, 14844–14855, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1607-0, 2018 (Impact Factor: 2.741). 

· Investigation of optical and radiative properties of aerosols during an intense dust storm: A regional climate modeling approach, S. H. Bran, S. Jose and Rohit Srivastava, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 168, 21–31, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2018.01.003, 2018 (Impact Factor: 1.326). 

· Investigation of PM2.5 mass concentration over India using a regional climate model, S. H. Bran, and Rohit Srivastava, Environmental Pollution, 224, 484–493, DOI: 10.1016/ j.envpol.2017.02.030, 2017 (Impact Factor: 5.099).

· Trends in aerosol optical properties over South Asia, Rohit Srivastava, International Journal of Climatology, 37, 1, 371 – 380, DOI:10.1002/joc.4710, 2017 (Impact Factor: 3.76).

· Spatio-temporal variations of black carbon and optical properties in regional climate model, Rohit Srivastava (1st and corresponding author), and S. H. Bran, International Journal of Climatology 37, 3, 1432 – 1443, DOI: 10.1002/joc.4787, 2017 (Impact Factor: 3.76).

Professional Record

 

 

·  2023 - Continue: Scientist-E, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa. 

·  Dec 2018- 2022: Scientist-D, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa. 

·  2012-2018 Assistant Professor, Indian Centre for Climate and Societal Impacts Research (ICCSIR), Mandvi, Kachchh, India. 

·  2011-2012 Post Doctoral Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India