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- Mineral dust aerosol distributions, its direct and semi-directs effects over South Africa based on regional climate model simulation
M. Tesfaye, G. Mengistu Tsidu, J. Botai, V. Sivakumar and C.J.deW.Rautenbach
Journal of Arid Environments, 114, 22-40, 2015.
- Simulation of anthropogenic aerosols mass distributions and their direct and semi-direct effects over South Africa using RegCM4
M. Tesfaye, G. Mengistu Tsidu, J. Botai, V. Sivakumar and C.J.deW. Rautenbach
International Journal of climatology, (In press), 2014.
- Direct radiative forcing of urban aerosols over Pretoria (25.75šS, 28.28šE) using AERONET Sunphotometer data: First scientific results and environmental impact
J. Adesina, K. Raghavendra Kumar, V. Sivakumar and D. Griffith
J. Environmental Sci., (In Press), 2014
- Variability in aerosol optical properties and radiative forcing over Gorongosa (18.97 S, 34.35 E) in Mozambique A. Joseph Adesina, K. Raghavendra Kumar and V. Sivakumar Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI 10.1007/s00703-014-0352-2, 2014.
- A superposed epoch study of the effects of solar wind stream interface events on the upper mesospheric and lower thermospheric temperature Olakunle Ogunjobi, V. Sivakumar and W. Sivla Advances in Space Research, 54, 1732-1742, 2014.
- Long-term (2003-2013) climatological trends and variations in aerosol optical parameters retrieved from MODIS over three stations in South Africa K. Raghavendra Kumar, V. Sivakumar, Yan Yin, R. R. Reddy, Na Kang, Yiwei Diao, A. Joseph Adesina, Xingna Yu Atmospheric Environment, 95, 400-408, 2014.
- Simulation of biomass burning aerosols mass distributions and their direct and semi-direct effects over South Africa using a regional climate model. M. Tesfaye, J. Botai, V. Sivakumar, G. Mengistu Tsidu Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., doi:10.1007/s00703-014-0328-2, 2014.
- Long-term trends observed in the middle atmosphere temperatures using ground based LIDARs and satellite borne measurements Kishore, P., Venkat Ratnam, M., Velicogna, I., Sivakumar, V., Bencherif, H., Clemesha, B. R., Simonich, D. M., Batista, P. P., and Beig, G., Ann. Geophys., 32, 301-317, doi:10.5194/angeo-32-301-2014, 2014.
- A case study of energy deposition and absorption by magnetic cloud electrons and protons over the high latitude stations effects on mesosphere and lower thermosphere Olakunle Ogunjobi, V. Sivakumar and N. Mbatha J. Terr. Atmos and Oceanic Sciences, 25, 2, 219-232, 2014.
- Geospatial (Latitudinal and Longitudinal) variability of ozone over South Africa J. Ogunniyi and V. Sivakumar Proc. of 30th Annual conference of South African society for atmosphere science, ISBN 978-0-620-62777-1, 01-02 October 2014, Potchefstroom (South Africa), Pg, 13-16, 2014.
- Aerosol properties over an urban site, Johannesburg measured from Sunphotometer Joseph A. Adesina, V. Sivakumar, Raghavendra K. Kumar, Stuart J. Piketh, Jyotsna Singh Proc. of 30th Annual conference of South African society for atmosphere science, ISBN 978-0-620-62777-1, 01-02 October 2014, Potchefstroom (South Africa), Pg, 17-20, 2014.
- Study on variability and trend of Total Column Ozone (TCO) obtained from combined satellite (TOMS and OMI) measurements over the southern subtropic A. M. Toihir, V. Sivakumar, T. Portafaix and H. Bencherif Proc. of 30th Annual conference of South African society for atmosphere science, ISBN 978-0-620-62777-1, 01-02 October 2014, Potchefstroom (South Africa), Pg, 109-112, 2014
- Aerosol optical depth measurements over Pretoria using CSIR Lidar and Sun-Photometer : A case study L. Shikwambana and V. Sivakumar Proc. of 30th Annual conference of South African society for atmosphere science, ISBN 978-0-620-62777-1, 01-02 October 2014, Potchefstroom (South Africa), Pg, 130-133, 2014.
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